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Gayana

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Hi ,


I can't help to ask what does "bent" mean during the forum discussion ? How does it happen ?

Thanks.

Cheers
 
Getting bent means experiencing decompression sickness, or getting the bends. It is most commonly caused by surfacing too quickly after a dive. It is far more complicated than that, but I'm sure you can find all the info you want about it by doing a search for it.
 
If you are a new diver...then you ought to have been trained at least with an OW certification. Your OW ought to have covered the symptoms of the 'bends' or dcs and other types of scuba/health related issues.
 
oceancrest67:
If you are a new diver...then you ought to have been trained at least with an OW certification. Your OW ought to have covered the symptoms of the 'bends' or dcs and other types of scuba/health related issues.

I suspect it's a terminology issue, rather than a training issue.

I've dealt with new divers before who don't understand the term until you say "it means you got DCS", then they understand ... "the bends" is rather outdated vernacular, much like "caisson's disease" ... and "bent" is just a form of the former. If they didn't use the term in class, they're not likely to relate it to DCS/DCI, even though they covered the topic (which they certainly should have).

... Bob (Grateful Diver)
 
NWGratefulDiver:
I suspect it's a terminology issue, rather than a training issue.

I've dealt with new divers before who don't understand the term until you say "it means you got DCS", then they understand ... "the bends" is rather outdated vernacular, much like "caisson's disease" ... and "bent" is just a form of the former. If they didn't use the term in class, they're not likely to relate it to DCS/DCI, even though they covered the topic (which they certainly should have).

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Thanks . In fact I am just certified with AOW, never heard such terminology in this part of the world, at least not in my dive school .

Cheers
 
In the early years of diving, DCS was refered to as the bends because it causes pain and immobility in the articulations (or bends) of the body. People get pain in the joints and sometimes end up in a sort of fetal position. Occasionally is was referred to as the staggers, as inner ear dcs affects the vestibular system and therefor victims suffer ballance problems and "staggered" rather than walked.

You can see the staggers in the lobster divers of the western carribean, and in the SE Asian fish trap divers. Usually they are untrained people on the poverty line that unknowingly sacrifice their health in order to feed their family.

Gayana:
never heard such terminology in this part of the world,

where where, where, tellmetellmetellme!
 
cancun mark:
You can see the staggers in the lobster divers of the western carribean, and in the SE Asian fish trap divers. Usually they are untrained people on the poverty line that unknowingly sacrifice their health in order to feed their family.

aye, similar thing out in egypt.. my old dive shop boss told me that when he worked out in egypt he did a bit of commercial salvage work (cash in hand). the local guys he worked with would go into the water with a tankheld between their legs, 1 reg, no octopus / guages / bcd / fins / weight belt / computer or depth guage or dive watch.. in fact apart from the tank and reg their only other equipment was a mask.. they'd go down till they bled the tank dry at 30m then head (fast) for the surface.. scary stuff!
 
Gayana:
Thanks . In fact I am just certified with AOW, never heard such terminology in this part of the world, at least not in my dive school .

Cheers

It would be nice if you put some info in your profile so others can see where are you from... When I started in this forum I also had a lot of new terms, but that's because I was certified in Croatia (using Croatian terms)...

Don't forget that most US citisens don't have a feeling for a fact that other languages even exist (except for the ones that are spoken in their area) so they find it hard to believe we don't know some words they use all the time...

put some info in your profile and people will treat you much better (when they know who they are talking to...)
 
hvulin:
It would be nice if you put some info in your profile so others can see where are you from... When I started in this forum I also had a lot of new terms, but that's because I was certified in Croatia (using Croatian terms)...

Don't forget that most US citisens don't have a feeling for a fact that other languages even exist (except for the ones that are spoken in their area) so they find it hard to believe we don't know some words they use all the time...

put some info in your profile and people will treat you much better (when they know who they are talking to...)
I am a U S citizen, and several years ago my wife and I went to our first ClubMed on a vacation. While we were there I heard this joke...

Q. What do you call someone who speaks two languages?

A. Bilingual.

Q. What do you call someone who speaks three languages?

A. Trilingual.

Q. What do you call someone who speaks only one language?

A. An American.

Unfortunately sad but largely true. I have the utmost respect for people who are multi lingual, and I confess that I am not one of them.

Mark Vlahos
 
Mark Vlahos:
Q. What do you call someone who speaks only one language?

A. An American.

And we have the audacity to call it English!

Many Americans are exposed to multilingualism ... although few ever actually practice it.

- My maternal grandparents came here from Italy. They spoke very little American, and in the home spoke only Italian.
- My ex-wife grew up in Taiwan. She speaks five languages ... four of them fluently.
- My dad grew up in Tennessee. That whole side of my family speaks Appalachian ... and that's perhaps the most difficult language of all to comprehend ... ;)

... Bob (Grateful Diver)
 

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