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Mdemon · 9th October 2006, 20:06

Quote: (Originally Posted by babar)

Well, It may or may not be relevent, but there was a poster presentation at the UHMS conference last year. It reported a case of 2nd degree burns that resulted from the use of a chemical hand warmer placed down the leg of a DS. The diver was using Nitrox 36 for back gas and dry suit inflation. On descent she began to have pain in her leg, which she thought was squeeze. Inflated the suit immediately made the pain worse and she surfaced with partial thickness burns to her leg.

Not really close to the same case, but related and worth thinking about.

Chemical? Could this be the carbon handwarmer incident I was refering to? This is a carbon rod, ignited and left to smoulder in an insulated case. Fine in air, not much fun in 100% O2!

Iain, this sounds like the ideal opportunity for more experimentation!

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Mdemon SiegeEngine II Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Home Build Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SWUK Posts: 1,946	Re: O2 for suit inflation on deep Rebreather cave dives Quote: (Originally Posted by babar) Well, It may or may not be relevent, but there was a poster presentation at the UHMS conference last year. It reported a case of 2nd degree burns that resulted from the use of a chemical hand warmer placed down the leg of a DS. The diver was using Nitrox 36 for back gas and dry suit inflation. On descent she began to have pain in her leg, which she thought was squeeze. Inflated the suit immediately made the pain worse and she surfaced with partial thickness burns to her leg. Not really close to the same case, but related and worth thinking about. Chemical? Could this be the carbon handwarmer incident I was refering to? This is a carbon rod, ignited and left to smoulder in an insulated case. Fine in air, not much fun in 100% O2! Iain, this sounds like the ideal opportunity for more experimentation! __________________ www.southwestmafia.com "small minds talk about people, Average Minds Talk About Events, GREAT MINDS TALK ABOUT IDEAS!" The WRONG Attitude will get you killed. "Once the agenda-monkeys and perfect-worlders have moved on, perhaps we can do some diving?"
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