Did I make a mistake regarding proper procedure? No safety stop after 1 min at depth.

[doctormike]

Sorry for the confusion. I'm not really asking whether or not I'm bent, I know that I very well could be. I'm more interested in whether a mild case of DCS still necessitates a trip to a hyperbaric chamber.

Leaving aside your particular situation, I will tell you that in my case, recompression was recommended by DAN despite the fact that my symptoms had completely resolved with O2 at the scene. But then again, a spinal cord hit and something like skin bends are different.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Sounds like a good series of dives, hard work, cold water, little experience in diving. Dong a direct ascent with no safety stop is what we did for many years before safety stops were invented and we did them at 60 feet per minute or more. Your bicep muscle is sore because you are not used to that level of work. I'm willing to bet your health on it.

 

[rhwestfall]

Talk to a doctor/DCS help line, DAN or whoever provides such services local to you. They will ask what happened, how you feel and some proper medical questions. Then they might ask you in or not depending on their opinion.

DO THIS! SPEAK WITH PROFESSIONALS WHOSE MISSION IS SPECIFIC TO DIVING MEDICAL ISSUES.

(yes, I'm yelling)

 

[scoobydrew]

You can not get diagnosed for DCS through an online forum.

If there is any doubt then get it checked out, however, having talked myself in to phantom DCS enough times I suspect you have nothing wrong.

Contacting DAN is the only sure way to get started

 

[krawlings]

I am surprised that no one has even mentioned this . He left his buddy at depth assuming it was same as 1st dive 50'

"I start my second dive. Right when me and my buddy get to depth, I remember that I forgot something and returned to the surface."

 

[RJP]

I am surprised that no one has even mentioned this . He left his buddy at depth assuming it was same as 1st dive 50'

"I start my second dive. Right when me and my buddy get to depth, I remember that I forgot something and returned to the surface."

Germane to his concern about DCS?

(No one mentioned what kind of fins or BCD he was using, whether he had a SpareAir, or which agency his did his certification through either. Sometimes, we can stay on-topic.)

 

[victorzamora]

Germane to his concern about DCS?

(No one mentioned what kind of fins or BCD he was using, whether he had a SpareAir, or which agency his did his certification through either. Sometimes, we can stay on-topic.)

Well, he was OBVIOUSLY not using a SpareAir or split fins....he wouldn't be alive enough to ask us these questions.

OP: Jokes aside, if you feel you might be suffering from DCS symptoms then call DAN. They're the ones that will know. Cold water, work during/after the dive, and a bounce dive after a short SIT will all make you more prone to DCS. I wouldn't think you are bent, but I'm not a doctor, I'm not a deco physilogy specialist, and I don't really have a ton of details. Either way, a quick call to DAN wouldn't hurt. Having said that, I very rarely do safety stops for dives that shallow of any length. I just do nice, slow ascents. I certainly don't know of any agency that'd REQUIRE a safety stop...so from a procedural standpoint I think you're okay.

 

[doctormike]

I certainly don't know of any agency that'd REQUIRE a safety stop...so from a procedural standpoint I think you're okay.

If it's required, then it's not a safety stop, it's a deco stop...



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[victorzamora]

If it's required, then it's not a safety stop, it's a deco stop...

According to the PADI RDP: A 3min safety stop at 15ft is required for any dive coming within 3 pressure groups of a no-decompression limit, and any dive greater than 100ft. Bottom-left, second paragraph, section titled "Safety Stops."

http://scuba007.com/PADI-tables/images/scaled/PADI RDP-B.jpg

 

[doctormike]

According to the PADI RDP: A 3min safety stop at 15ft is required for any dive coming within 3 pressure groups of a no-decompression limit, and any dive greater than 100ft. Bottom-left, second paragraph, section titled "Safety Stops."

I stand corrected, you are right!

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