Beanojones, that sounds like really interesting work.
I have this feeling that change is afoot. Sometime in the 1980s and into the 1990s the motivation to do DCS treatment research was stymied by the fact that deep commercial bounce diving was disappearing, often due to legislation, and recreational divers were being pushed to the 130' no-D limit.
Deep cave and wreck divers were such a minority that they were considered the lunatic fringe. We may have come more than full circle with Trimix, rebreathers, expedition dives, and so many agencies offering training. Add computers, Nitrox, exotic remote locales, and liveaboards with up to 4 no-D repeds a day to the mix and a new demand is brewing.
The big difference is the commercial diving operations all had chambers, people onboard to run them, and vessels large enough to carry it all. There are a lot more shore-based chambers around now, but fewer and fewer are willing to take bent divers. This brings us back to NetDoc’s original post. A lot of work needs to be done to treat bent divers considering long delays before getting in the barrel and much more diverse dive profiles. That research probably should include making IWR less dangerous and better ways to use Oxygen.
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I have this feeling that change is afoot. Sometime in the 1980s and into the 1990s the motivation to do DCS treatment research was stymied by the fact that deep commercial bounce diving was disappearing, often due to legislation, and recreational divers were being pushed to the 130' no-D limit.
Deep cave and wreck divers were such a minority that they were considered the lunatic fringe. We may have come more than full circle with Trimix, rebreathers, expedition dives, and so many agencies offering training. Add computers, Nitrox, exotic remote locales, and liveaboards with up to 4 no-D repeds a day to the mix and a new demand is brewing.
The big difference is the commercial diving operations all had chambers, people onboard to run them, and vessels large enough to carry it all. There are a lot more shore-based chambers around now, but fewer and fewer are willing to take bent divers. This brings us back to NetDoc’s original post. A lot of work needs to be done to treat bent divers considering long delays before getting in the barrel and much more diverse dive profiles. That research probably should include making IWR less dangerous and better ways to use Oxygen.
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