A.G.E. Questions and answers

[dherbman]

In technical diving, there is a lot made of holding stops. The goal seems to be zero movement in the column. I'm going to through this out as a possible scenario:

Last stop of the dive and buoyancy gets away from me. I'm heading up, so I fully exhale and hold while waiting for my buoyancy to shift. During the time I am holding my breath, a trough passes over and ambient pressure drops.

Can I experience an embolism with a fraction of my tidal volume? I think I can.

 

[Cacia]

SD, thanks! I was struggling.

So, what in a sentence is the voo-doo about He? Does it (maybe) form bubbles faster? Is there something occurring that the models do not predict? What is the rumbling basically about?

 

[TheRedHead]

differences in the oil-gas partition coefficient and blood-gas partition coefficient for those gases.

Go on.