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    Tragedy on NOAA research site Key Largo

    On behalf of the entire command, I express our condolences for the loss of this great man. Many of us met or worked with Dewey and were always impressed by his skill and professionalism. He was a tremendous asset to the Aquarius project and will be missed.
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    RETURN TO DIVING AFTER PNEUMOTHORAX (lung overexpansion)

    Nothing like an internet forum to get people talking in absolute terms about things you can almost never know absolutely. You can have an overexpansion injury and not know it. It may or may not be associated with underlying disease. You can pop normal lung tissue while weight lifting. You...
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    Pre-dive hydration

    dD, The kidneys do respond quickly to a fluid bolus (doctorese for "big slug"), but you can't assume they automatically eliminate as much water as you just drank. If they did, you could never catch up. If they eliminate only 10%, it would not take much time to hydrate up, since the...
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    Pre-dive hydration

    I would encourage everyone to be slow about using any single paper, especially one from this small a study, to change the way they feel about any scientific topic. Scientists routinely make errors in study design, study execution, and statistical analysis. Even when we manage to avoid all...
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    Air Embolism and Patent Foramen Ovale

    PFO has become quite a contentious issue in recent years. In fact, there are a few countries that exclude anyone from becoming a military diver if they have a PFO. We at NEDU have a current study to try to establish some definitive data on any link between PFO and DCS. There are some...
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    NEDU has their own forum now

    Yes we do host tours. Not onesie-twosies, but host groups, schools, clubs, etc quite often. PM or send email to nedu@navy.mil if you are interested and I can provide more details.
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    NEDU has their own forum now

    All, For those who are interested, the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) has arranged with the wonderfully helpful folks here at Scubaboard, to have its own Question and Answer forum. It is located under the Technical Diving Forum. If you have questions, comments or are just curious...
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    UW Paintball

    First, this is just a personal opinion, not a researched fact from the command: 1. Paint balls will crush at depth, plus the gelatin would disolve in the water. So strike that. Plus they'd travel about a foot and a half...maybe 2. Best option 1: Lazer tag. Would have problems in turbid...
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    Hello from the world of experimental diving

    Be sure to stop by the head office when you come. I look forward to meeting you.
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    Hello from the world of experimental diving

    Interesting. Going to have to check this out.....
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    Hello from the world of experimental diving

    Lets see how many of my crew actually play. It might be fun to watch one account argue with itself.....
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    Hello from the world of experimental diving

    Currently our library exists completely in paper form with the catalog residing solely in the head of our librarian. This is one of the many projects that needs updating around here, but for the moment it is unavailable for outside entities to get access. :( However, if you have specific...
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    How Soon Before Everyone is Using a Rebreather?

    I couldn't agree more. Saw a couple of new rigs at DEMA and while I love a rebreather for a number of missions, I think there is going to be a spike in accidents/injuries/deaths from the casual divers who want to throw a CCR in the closet with their SCUBA kit and just haul it out right before a...
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    Hello from the world of experimental diving

    Greetings from the Navy Experimental Diving Unit. I am the Executive Officer of NEDU and have created this account in order to facilitate discussion between the civilian diving community and my team of professionals. Various military divers, doctors, scientist and engineers will log in with...
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