The diver also was sucking through her air tank with very ineffective breathing causing a possable carbon dioxide loading...
And to add to the people that say going up slow is not a problem... They need to do some reading on DECO and tissue loading...
Jim...
And from your own chart, at the depth she was at, "Unnoticeable minor symptoms, or no symptoms at all". And that doesn't change the fact that the symptoms are relieved by ascending.
And if she had a build up of carbon dioxide, she would have most likely started hyperventilating. There was no mention of this. Sucking through a tank does not mean your body is taking on too much carbon dioxide. New divers can easily suck down a tank and still exhale completely, meaning no build up of carbon dioxide.
As far as deco theory, it is just that. Theory. There is no proof for any of it and people are using an extreme to justify what her buddies were doing and saying. There is a reason that too slow of an ascent isn't spoke of in basic or advanced courses. Because it is only a problem in extreme situations that a rec diver would not be in. You have a better chance of running out of air on a slow ascent then you do of loading enough nitrogen to cause a problem.
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They may have reacted badly but with you failing to ascend,being low on air and then appearing to refuse to ascend I can see what they would be thinking.
Except that she was at 15ft and they were yanking her. Even if she did run out of air, she could have easily made it to the surface.