When my dad was in Boy Scouts, he dived some helium mix with navy divers in a pool and he got sick after

[chaseyerkey]

When my dad was in Boy Scouts, which was in the mid to late 80s some navy divers came to their Boy Scout troop so they could get a diving badge or something like that and they let them all dive and my dad said it gave him a high-pitched voice so I assume it’s helium but after he said, he threw up a bunch and didn’t feel good. I think it could’ve been a hypoxic mix he thought it was DCS, but I doubt that because they were in a pool but I have not much knowledge on hypoxic mixes or trimix so leave your theories

 

[happy-diver]

People die breathing helium on the surface to giggle at each other with chipmunk voices from lack of oxygen

A dude from Texas and his wife stayed with me over the Christmas New Year period

How the heck do I know a dude from Texas and his wife

 

[chaseyerkey]

People die breathing helium on the surface to giggle at each other with chipmunk voices from lack of oxygen

A dude from Texas and his wife stayed with me over the Christmas New Year period

How the heck do I know a dude from Texas and his wife

Another theory I have is that maybe it wasn’t mixed properly 19.5% is when you can start having symptoms from decreased oxygen according to OSHA so it could’ve either been in properly mixed or it could’ve been something like an 18% mix

 

[Still Kicking]

I had a tooth extracted when I was a kid and I got horribly sick from the nitrous. That was administered by a medical professional who (supposedly) knew what he was doing.

 

[CycleCat]

Wow. You joined SB at 2:13am today so that twelve minutes later you could post this as your first post? Has this been weighing so heavily on your mind that you just couldn't wait to tell us about it?

 

[rongoodman]

Another theory I have is that maybe it wasn’t mixed properly 19.5% is when you can start having symptoms from decreased oxygen according to OSHA so it could’ve either been in properly mixed or it could’ve been something like an 18% mix

You're breathing a leaner mix than that standing around in Denver.

 

[Johnoly]

I doubt that ...

LOL !

 

[tursiops]

Helium sold for balloons has enough O2 in it to sustain life. Irrelevant side-issue.
The OP is posting hearsay on a 4 decade old memory....
Nothing to see here. Move along.

 

[rddvet]

If that's the worst trauma he got from the boy scouts he's doing good.

 

[lostsheep]

If that's the worst trauma he got from the boy scouts he's doing good.

And what trauma did they inflict on you?