I am trying to understand decompression. From what I understand DCS is similar to altitude sickness because the treatment for both is oxygen and a hyperbaric chamber.
If this is correct, would it be a possibility to save an altitude sickness patient by submerging him underwater (pressure = 1 bar) and letting him breathe through a snorkel?
I recently heard about a man, who died in a hotel in the mountains of decompression sickness. There was no option to descend and there was nothing that could be done. Why didn't they submerge him underwater in order to bring him to 1 bar?
And, if you dive in altitude, but for whatever reason do not have enough gas to account for the high altitude in your decompression, is there a scenario where you would stay barely underwater breathing through a snorkel in order to bridge to the high altitude?
If this is correct, would it be a possibility to save an altitude sickness patient by submerging him underwater (pressure = 1 bar) and letting him breathe through a snorkel?
I recently heard about a man, who died in a hotel in the mountains of decompression sickness. There was no option to descend and there was nothing that could be done. Why didn't they submerge him underwater in order to bring him to 1 bar?
And, if you dive in altitude, but for whatever reason do not have enough gas to account for the high altitude in your decompression, is there a scenario where you would stay barely underwater breathing through a snorkel in order to bridge to the high altitude?