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Disorders arising from ambient pressure reduction
Decompression Illness (DCI) comprises two different conditions caused by rapid decompression of the body. These conditions present similar symptoms and
Decompression_illness
Disorder caused by dissolved gases forming bubbles in tissues
bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can
Decompression_sickness
Techniques and procedures for safe decompression of divers
prevent or minimize decompression sickness, divers must properly plan, conduct, and monitor decompression. Divers follow a decompression model to allow the
Decompression_practice
Pressure reduction and its effects during ascent from depth
diver may decompress, depending on the dive profile and the mode of diving used. These may be described as decompression modes. Decompression may be continuous
Decompression_(diving)
Decompression model developed by John Scott Haldane
Haldane's decompression model is a mathematical model for decompression to sea level atmospheric pressure of divers breathing compressed air at ambient
Haldane's_decompression_model
Hyperbaric pressure vessel for human occupancy used in diving operations
of long decompressions underwater, in cold or dangerous conditions. A decompression chamber may be used with a closed bell for decompression after bounce
Diving_chamber
Reduction in pressure to lower than normal sea level atmospheric pressure
Hypobaric decompression is the reduction in ambient pressure below the normal range of sea level atmospheric pressure. Altitude decompression is hypobaric
Hypobaric_decompression
Diving mode and decompression technique
time required for decompression to surface pressure will not increase with longer exposure. The diver undergoes a single decompression to surface pressure
Saturation_diving
Unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system
or fail to pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as explosive, rapid, or slow: Explosive decompression (ED) is violent and too fast for air
Uncontrolled_decompression
For health conditions encountered during spaceflight
be, generally normal atmospheric pressure. Decompression illness in spaceflight consists of decompression sickness (DCS) and other injuries due to uncompensated
Space_medicine
Theoretical modelling of decompression physiology
to provide acceptable safety from decompression sickness in the shortest time spent decompressing, and decompression safety, or converely, risk, is measured
Decompression_theory
Medical condition caused by inert gas bubbles forming out of solution
Inner ear decompression sickness, (IEDCS) or audiovestibular decompression sickness is a medical condition of the inner ear caused by the formation of
Inner ear decompression sickness
Inner_ear_decompression_sickness
Vascular blockage by air bubbles
usually obvious and may present quite differently from decompression sickness. Decompression sickness: Inert gas bubbles form in the bloodstream if the
Air_embolism
Injury due to pressure difference between gas filled space and adjoining tissue
volume involved already exists prior to decompression. Barotrauma can occur during both compression and decompression events. Barotrauma generally manifests
Barotrauma
Medical condition of lack of oxygen in the tissues
PMID 8760546. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. "Decompression Sickness or Illness and Arterial Gas Embolism". Retrieved 2011-08-21. Brubakk
Hypoxia_(medicine)
British cave diver who specialises in rescues
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Rick_Stanton
2018 international rescue mission in Thailand
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
Tabulated data to facilitate safe diving ascents
determine a decompression schedule that is acceptably safe for a given dive or other hyperbaric exposure profile and breathing gas. Decompression tables represent
Decompression_tables
Boat used for the support of scuba diving operations
diver. A dive boat will not be carrying a decompression chamber to treat a diver with decompression illness - that would normally classify it as a diving
Dive_boat
Group for improving diving safety
Early biomarkers for decompression stress. The effects of normobaric oxygen on blood and in first aid for decompression illness. Region of coverage includes
Divers_Alert_Network
Special forces unit of the British Army
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Special_Air_Service
U.S. Navy's special operations force
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
United_States_Navy_SEALs
Nuckols; Decompression workshop chairman's summary - RD. Vann; Pathophysiology of decompression illness - RE. Moon; Risk factors for decompression sickness
List of Divers Alert Network publications
List_of_Divers_Alert_Network_publications
Death of bone tissue due to interruption of the blood supply
Most of the time surgery is eventually required and may include core decompression, osteotomy, bone grafts, or joint replacement. About 15,000 cases occur
Avascular_necrosis
Swimming underwater, breathing gas carried by the diver
depends on the level of decompression stress and the risk of symptomatic decompression developing. Symptomatic decompression illness may develop during or
Scuba_diving
Australian conservationist (1962–2006)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Steve_Irwin
Physiological basis for decompression theory and practice
exposure profile. Efficient decompression requires the diver to ascend fast enough to establish as high a decompression gradient, in as many tissues
Physiology_of_decompression
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders caused by underwater diving
as a treatment for two of the most significant diving-related illnesses, decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism. Diving medicine deals with
Diving_medicine
Equipment used by divers to facilitate decompression
ambient pressures. Decompression obligation for a given dive profile must be calculated and monitored to ensure that the risk of decompression sickness is controlled
Decompression_equipment
Instrument to calculate decompression status in real time
A dive computer, personal decompression computer or decompression meter is a device used by an underwater diver to measure the elapsed time and depth
Dive_computer
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
David_Attenborough
Mathematical model of tissue inert gas uptake and release with pressure change
sets are used to create decompression tables and in personal dive computers to compute no-decompression limits and decompression schedules for dives in
Bühlmann decompression algorithm
Bühlmann_decompression_algorithm
2006 animal encounter accident
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Death_of_Steve_Irwin
Underwater diving breathing gas supplied from the surface
dive at surface pressure. The diver is decompressed during the ascent or by surface decompression in a decompression chamber. It may also be referred to
Surface-supplied_diving
Container to supply high pressure gas for diving operations
diving or as decompression gas. A diving cylinder may also be used to supply inflation gas for a dry suit, buoyancy compensator, decompression buoy, or lifting
Diving_cylinder
Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment
the decompression gases may be similar, or may include pure oxygen. Decompression procedures include in-water decompression or surface decompression in
Underwater_diving
Medical treatment at raised ambient pressure
as decompression sickness and gas embolism, It is still considered the definitive treatment for these conditions. The chamber treats decompression sickness
Hyperbaric_medicine
Extinct genus of marine lizard from the Late Cretaceous
common result of decompression illness; it involves bone damage caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles from inhaled air decompressed during frequent
Mosasaurus
Rescue of personnel from a disabled submarine
submarine escape. Survivors may require recompression treatment for decompression illness. National and international services exist to facilitate the rapid
Submarine_rescue
Severely deficient supply of oxygen
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Asphyxia
Breathing gas, mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
practicable underwater dive time by reducing the decompression requirement, or reducing the risk of decompression sickness (also known as the bends). The two
Nitrox
Facility for supporting saturation diving projects
time required for decompression to surface pressure will not increase with longer exposure. The diver undergoes a single decompression to surface pressure
Saturation_diving_system
Rule of thumb for estimating a decompression schedule for a given set of breathing gases
Ratio decompression (usually referred to in abbreviated form as ratio deco) is a technique for calculating decompression schedules for scuba divers engaged
Ratio_decompression
Acoustic sensing method
depend on whether they had prior exposure to sonar, and that symptoms of decompression sickness have been found in stranded whales that may be a result of
Sonar
Copper helmet with rubberised canvas diving suit and weighted boots
rules for decompression in depths up to 200 feet; Diving in deep water, using the Davis Submerged Decompression Chamber, Compressed air illness and accidents
Standard_diving_dress
Chamber for transporting divers vertically through the water
decompression stop. The bell would then be locked onto a deck decompression chamber, the divers transferred under pressure to complete decompression in
Diving_bell
Irish safety freediver (1977-2017)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Stephen_Keenan
Australian anesthesiologist and cave diver
Boesmansgat, South Africa while again utilizing hydrogen; Harris suffered decompression sickness. Harris serves as the search-and-rescue officer for the Cave
Richard_Harris_(anaesthetist)
Semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
was the site of several serious incidents, most notably an explosive decompression in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as well as critically
Byford_Dolphin
British volunteer cave diver who specialises in rescues
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
John_Volanthen
British science fiction writer (1917–2008)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Arthur_C._Clarke
Change in sea level due to gravity
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Tide
British ocean liner (1907–1915)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
RMS_Lusitania
Garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment
of decompression sickness due to accelerated ingassing during the deep part of the dive, exacerbated if the heating is reduced during decompression. Increased
Diving_suit
Field concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people at work
injuries and illnesses in 2011, which is 6.8 work-related injuries and illnesses for every 100 full-time employees. The injury and illness rate in hospitals
Occupational safety and health
Occupational_safety_and_health
Altitude above which water boils at body temperature
8,000 m (26,000 ft) Decompression (altitude) – Reduction in ambient pressure due to ascent above sea level Decompression illness – Disorders arising from
Armstrong_limit
Special forces unit of the Royal Navy
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Special_Boat_Service
American engineer, vintner, and former NASA astronaut
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
José_M._Hernández
Toxic effects of breathing oxygen at high partial pressures
ascend to a shallower depth if decompression obligations allow. If a chamber is available at the surface, surface decompression is a recommended option. The
Oxygen_toxicity
Underwater diving without breathing apparatus
much more limited period. No decompression stops required for deep dives, although it is possible to get decompression sickness, or taravana, from repetitive
Freediving
Diving incident in the Maldives
Mohamed Mahudhee, became ill during ascent and subsequently died of decompression sickness after being transferred to ADK Hospital in Malé. An international
2026 Dhekunu Kandu cave diving incident
2026_Dhekunu_Kandu_cave_diving_incident
Pirate Blackbeard's ship
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Queen_Anne's_Revenge
Distinct layer of temperature change in a body of water
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Thermocline
Francis, T James R; Mitchell, Simon J (2003). "10.6: Manifestations of Decompression Disorders". In Brubakk, Alf O; Neuman, Tom S (eds.). Bennett and Elliott's
List of deprecated terms for diseases
List_of_deprecated_terms_for_diseases
Italian shark diver and conservationist
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Cristina_Zenato
United States Marine and NASA astronaut
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Randolph_Bresnik
Water current moving away from shore
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Rip_current
Human body core temperature below 35 °C (95 °F)
as with immersion accidents involving alcohol, other drugs, or mental illness. While studies have shown that people experiencing homelessness are at
Hypothermia
damage to tissues generally known as decompression sickness or the bends. The immediate goal of controlled decompression is to avoid development of symptoms
History of decompression research and development
History_of_decompression_research_and_development
Use of oxygen as a medical treatment
for decompression sickness for years. Recompression in a hyperbaric chamber with 100% oxygen is the standard treatment for decompression illness. The
Oxygen_therapy
Canadian astronaut (born 1976)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Jeremy_Hansen
Planned hyperbaric exposure using a specified breathing gas as medical treatment
underwater divers and hyperbaric workers who present symptoms of decompression illness during or after a dive or hyperbaric shift, but hyperbaric oxygen
Hyperbaric treatment schedules
Hyperbaric_treatment_schedules
Australian technical diver (1954–2005)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Dave_Shaw
French free diver (1927–2001)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Jacques_Mayol
Use of diving techniques in the pursuit of scientific knowledge
successive no-decompression dives imposed by some recreational diver training organisations. As of 1992 the prevalence of decompression illness in the United
Scientific_diving
Italian astronaut, pilot and engineer (born 1976)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Luca_Parmitano
accelerate decompression by using an increased oxygen content. decompression illness Illness caused by decompression. Includes decompression sickness and
Glossary of underwater diving terminology: D–G
Glossary_of_underwater_diving_terminology:_D–G
Articulated pressure-resistant anthropomorphic housing for an underwater diver
ADS does not need to decompress, and there is no need for special breathing gas mixtures, so there is no danger of decompression sickness or nitrogen
Atmospheric_diving_suit
Cloudiness of a fluid
"The association between drinking water turbidity and gastrointestinal illness: a systematic review". BMC Public Health. 7 (256). Springer Nature: 256
Turbidity
Underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm
to do decompression stops increases with depth. A diver at 6 metres (20 ft) may be able to dive for many hours without needing to do decompression stops
Deep_diving
German filmmaker (1902–2003)
symbolize the love-hate relationship between Germany and France. Cocteau's illness and 1963 death put an end to the project. A musical remake of Das Blaue
Leni_Riefenstahl
Austrian freediver and world record holder
pre-alerted decompression chamber in Athens, where he received treatment. He incurred multiple brain strokes due to severe decompression sickness. He
Herbert_Nitsch
American scuba diver, photographer and actress (1933–2026)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Zale_Parry
Emergency transport of divers under a decompression obligation to a place of safety
hyperbaric transportation of divers under a major decompression obligation to a place of safety where decompression can be completed at acceptable risk and in
Hyperbaric evacuation and rescue
Hyperbaric_evacuation_and_rescue
Respiratory impairment caused by submersion in liquid
subsets: fatal drowning, non-fatal drowning with illness/injury, and non-fatal drowning without illness/injury. In response, major medical consensus organizations
Drowning
Evidence of physiological disorders resulting from underwater diving
hours after a dive. The principal conditions are decompression illness (which covers decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism), nitrogen narcosis
List of signs and symptoms of diving disorders
List_of_signs_and_symptoms_of_diving_disorders
Perception of one's environment
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Situation_awareness
American cave and deep diving pioneer and record breaker
(240 m). His carefully planned multistage decompressions from these dives, in open water (not in a decompression tank), sometimes required times of as much
Sheck_Exley
Opening in the base of a hull, platform, or chamber giving access to the water below
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Moon_pool
American physician and novelist (born 1940)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Robin Cook (American novelist)
Robin_Cook_(American_novelist)
English Tudor warship (1511–1545)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Mary_Rose
American novelist and underwater explorer (1931–2020)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Clive_Cussler
Watertight clothing that seals the wearer from cold and hazardous liquids
avoid an uncontrolled (or runaway) buoyant ascent, missed decompression stops, decompression sickness, arterial gas embolism or pulmonary barotrauma. Configurations
Dry_suit
Passage of fluid through the circulatory or lymphatic system to an organ or tissue
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Perfusion
Developments over time in the human activity
vehicles. Although the pathophysiology of decompression sickness is not yet fully understood, decompression practice has reached a stage where the risk
History_of_underwater_diving
Outcrop of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of stony coral skeletons
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Coral_reef
Techniques requiring specific equipment and procedures
the decompression gases may be similar, or may include pure oxygen. Decompression procedures include in-water decompression or surface decompression in
Modes_of_underwater_diving
American astronaut (born 1975)
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Reid_Wiseman
Japanese pearl divers
weights Weight belt Decompression equipment Decompression buoy Decompression chamber Decompression cylinder Decompression tables Decompression trapeze Dive computer
Ama_(diving)
Company Ltd. p. 693. Acott, C. (1999). "A brief history of diving and decompression illness". South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal. 29 (2). ISSN 0813-1988
History_of_submarines
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Health; Free from Illness and Grief
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Without Illness
Girl/Female
Muslim
Health, Free from illness and grief
Boy/Male
Tamil
Without illness
Boy/Male
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Whole; One who has No Illness
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
'Health' free from illness and grief
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Anglo Saxon
From the north state.
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American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, French, Latin
Desired; Similar to Desiree; The One Desired
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French Teutonic American Shakespearean English Welsh
Intelligent.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Wife of Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati (Wife of Lord Shiva)
Boy/Male
Tamil
Charvikesh | சரà¯à®µà¯€à®•ேஷÂ
Girl/Female
Muslim
Intelligent, Intellectual
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an unattested Old German personal name Werric (Old French Guerri).
Girl/Female
British, English, German
Angel
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of German.German : see Gierman.
Girl/Female
Sanskrit
Little goddess. From the mythological Hindu 'Devi'.
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n.
The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
n.
The act of pressing; compression; oppression.
v. t.
To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
n.
The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
n.
The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
n.
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
n.
The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
n.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
v. i.
To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
n.
Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
n.
The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
n.
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
n.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
a.
Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.
n.
A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.
n.
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
n.
Compression.
n.
A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.
n.
Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.
a.
Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.