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does anyone know what pressure & depth the human body ceases to function at?? please let me know!!!! i am very curious... just a random fact i wish i knew... i'm not sick or anything...
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Welcome to SB!! :happywave Put us in your favorites and check in often. This is a great place to learn, compare, argue 
And I hope you are an active participant - with that handle. I can be changed, though.
Anyway, you might ask the meidcal people on the Medical forum. Our Deco Doc is on vacation...
don
And I hope you are an active participant - with that handle. I can be changed, though.
Anyway, you might ask the meidcal people on the Medical forum. Our Deco Doc is on vacation...
don
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hi just curious... as dandy don said, this is the best forum for your question so i moved it here.
i don't know the answer to your question. i can tell you though, that right now, the depth record on scuba is 313 meters (1,026 ft). that is 32 atmospheres.
the deepest without scuba is 133 meters (436 feet). that's 14 atmospheres.
here's an article on the general problems with diving at depth:
http://eee.uci.edu/courses/bio112/diving.htm
i don't know the answer to your question. i can tell you though, that right now, the depth record on scuba is 313 meters (1,026 ft). that is 32 atmospheres.
the deepest without scuba is 133 meters (436 feet). that's 14 atmospheres.
here's an article on the general problems with diving at depth:
http://eee.uci.edu/courses/bio112/diving.htm
Just Curious:
Very very very deep. We may never know. Gas mixtures are the biggest problem. Much bigger than PSI on the old mostly water bod.
Gary D.
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Widely publicized maximum depth on a dive is an experimental dry chamber dive to past 2500' done by Duke. As deep diving has military applications, its unknown what the true limit is at this time.
Technical divers are routinely breaking 300'. The better ones are down to 500-600' routinely on rebreathers.
Technical divers are routinely breaking 300'. The better ones are down to 500-600' routinely on rebreathers.
Saturation:
I obviously have no proof whatsoever of this but I thought I heard something about evidence of cellular damage below 3000 feet. Anyone hear anything more on this?
I'd hope it's not so because it's well within the recreational diving recommendations!
Saturation:
Another notable mention is COMEX, they hit 701 meters in open water... almost 2250 feet.
http://www.shipwreck.net/henridelauze.html
Jeff Lane
Saturation
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Good link Jeff, I forgot. COMEX may indeed hold the open water -real dive- record. Almost all are saturation dives though, not bounced, i.e., dive and surface within a day.rmediver2002:
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