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I asked a question a while back about N2 absorption and working hard on a dive.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ad...20898-does-exertion-affect-n2-absorption.html
This is my understanding of the situation:
Breathing fast (ON ITS OWN) will not result in an increase in N2 uptake and hence DCS risk.A nervous new diver probably comes into this category.
Working hard on a dive increases perfusion,so more N2 is absorbed and DCS risk increases.
If you are breathing fast due to working hard (e.g. swimming into a current) then,yes,you will absorb more nitrogen and should do longer safety/deco stops.
Maybe I'm having a "stupid attack" but I don't have even the beginning of a clue what that means.
I asked a question a while back about N2 absorption and working hard on a dive.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ad...20898-does-exertion-affect-n2-absorption.html
This is my understanding of the situation:
Breathing fast (ON ITS OWN) will not result in an increase in N2 uptake and hence DCS risk.A nervous new diver probably comes into this category.
Working hard on a dive increases perfusion,so more N2 is absorbed and DCS risk increases.
If you are breathing fast due to working hard (e.g. swimming into a current) then,yes,you will absorb more nitrogen and should do longer safety/deco stops.
Here's an experiment you may wish to try.
Click on the poster's name, and you will get a menu of choices. One of them is to read other posts by the poster. Read through them for a while and see if you detect a pattern.
Care to elaborate?
flots.
Edit: Nevermind. I thought you meant my posts. Quite a few of knowone's posts are incomprehensible.
I asked a question a while back about N2 absorption and working hard on a dive.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ad...20898-does-exertion-affect-n2-absorption.html
This is my understanding of the situation:
Breathing fast (ON ITS OWN) will not result in an increase in N2 uptake and hence DCS risk.A nervous new diver probably comes into this category.
Working hard on a dive increases perfusion,so more N2 is absorbed and DCS risk increases.
If you are breathing fast due to working hard (e.g. swimming into a current) then,yes,you will absorb more nitrogen and should do longer safety/deco stops.