dci

Supposed a diver in a remote location was suffering from a decompression Illness and all you had available was industrial oxygen... could you, should you, would you administer it to the diver? Discuss.

Hi all, I am interested in community feedback in what I am about to say. I am a young diver in prior good health. I dove a series of dives under 100 feet for 3 days in Jan 2020. On the last dive (max depth 60ft) , I surfaced and had an "odd sensation" immediately upon surfacing. The best...

Hi all, I’m just wondering what the latest time is that anyone has heard of someone worsening from flying after a DCI hit, either treated or untreated. I’ve seen recommendations of no-fly times after treated DCS go as high as 6 weeks, but also seen people saying that after a week or two there’s...

Hello, I have a technical question regarding the mechanism through which Oxygen helps with DCS symptoms. I am aware that it is an effective treatment, but I'm not clear on what actually happens inside the body as the Oxygen is breathed to help dissolve gas bubbles in the tissues. What are the...

Time to hold my hand up and admit I screwed up and ended up with mild case of Decompression Illness (DCI) on a recent dive liveaboard in the Maldives. There were however a couple of lessons to learn that may be of benefit to others. I was with an experienced group of divers all who had 500+...

I love diving and I want to make sure I am doing this safely with the least impact/recovery and would love to hear from you. While I don’t think I’ve ever had more than subclinical DCI, I seem to suffer the effects of diving more than my buddies. Exhaustion, headaches, aches, nausea, the not all...

2 days ago someone in our group was diagnosed with skin bends. Symptoms included pain in the upper abdomen and a blotchy rash. Diver was treated with oxygen and given IV fluids at the local hospital and told not to fly for 72 hours. The pain has continued but not as severe which he was told to...

I had a girlfriend who happened to be a doctor who would research diving accidents when we would go on holiday. She did this to (presumably) scare me out of diving so I would spend more time with her. :cuddles: She brought up PFO based on a number of incidents she research and I learned how...

I'm multi day similian diving and returning to khao lak north of Phuket. I want to drive to ao nang north of krabi within a few hours of the last dive. I'd need to stay close to sea level to avoid decompression sickness. Which road is the closest to sea level? Thanks!