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On Tue, 19 Apr 1994, Prime Rat wrote: > >account for external conditions... If I dive 30 feet max depth, bottom time > >of one hour, one dive a day, one day diving, one day off, I would lay wagers > >that I will NEVER bend... Over, say, a 30 year span of diving that would be > >5400 exposures - certainly a large enough 'X'. > > Well maybe you wouldn't, but maybe you would that's how probabilities work. > I notice you are prepared to lay a wager, further demonstrating your belief > that the DCI is a probabilistic process. snip None of those biochemical variables are taken into > account by any decompression schedule. > > Have a nice day > > /Rat It seems clear from the endless discussions of DCS hits that everyone is going to react differently to depth/time/conditions. Is anyone working on a way to predict, based upon some measurable physiological characteristics (not just body type or that sort of thing) but characteristics that can be tested and quantified, how efficiently (maybe not the right word) an individual handles gas exchange, so that an individual dive table can be developed? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > shelps@ac*.ma*.ad*.ed*.au* Stephen Helps > Anaesthesia & Intensive Care > University of Adelaide > ADELAIDE, 5005, South Australia > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity > The rest is overhead for the operating system. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@opal.com'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@opal.com'. >
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