Rick Inman:I personally am skeptical that this was really a OxTox induced seizure.
She was clearly seizing, of course the cause of that seizure we'll never know since there's no smoking gun (e.g. breathing 100% at 150ft)
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Rick Inman:I personally am skeptical that this was really a OxTox induced seizure.
Right, I dont think we will ever be 100% sure on this one.Rick Inman:I personally am skeptical that this was really an OxTox induced seizure.
I've read it. I don't believe this was an oxygen hit at all..rjack321:Seizure at 1.4 ppO2 3 weeks ago. http://www.divers4life.com/TheCrack.html
Never say never.
Not an oxtox type seizure, which are brief, as seizures go. I do not believe this was an oxtox seizure.limeyx:... the seizure continued so long that the rescuer was forced to ascend the victim with a closed airway...
Rick Murchison:At least with oxygen, there's a reason it doesn't accumulate like nitrogen, as oxygen is both metabolized in all the tissues, and scavenged by hemoglobin from the blood.
Rick Murchison:Not an oxtox type seizure, which are brief, as seizures go. I do not believe this was an oxtox seizure.
Rick