Blackcrusader
Contributor
It's interesting, but I can't really relate it to my diving. As you saw in the post above, my "in the chair" mellowed out RMV was 5.1 l/m, yet the lowest total RMV I've ever recorded on a dive is 10.6 l/m, and most are around 17. Adding any exercise completely changes the picture.
But yeah, it's interesting to measure, just for background. Ask him to hand you the connector to the mask (don't use a mask - it's too hard to get a perfect seal), put it in your mouth and lie there breathing only thru your mouth and see what he reads on his machine.
Dang I forgot to ask on the way out about RMV but will do a checkup tomorrow morning. One eye fixed cataracts and new lens the eye is still dilated but can see so much brighter already. IT's like one eye with cataracts has sunglasses and the fixed one doesn't. One thing though, I walked a mile or so to the clinic from where I am staying. Nurse sat me in a chair to check my pulse and to put drops in my eye. She checks my heart beat and I reply please watch and wait... I sort of put myself into my dive mode and my hear beat dropped... She was happy to see that I could calm myself down as some patients who are about to get their eye lens vaporized by a laser can panic. They were all surprised how calm I remained when getting the first laser burn done. IT's not painful you just look like Tom Cruise in the Minority Report when you get that contraption to keep you eyes open lol