Treating suspected DCI with 100% O2 (is it wrong?)

Mdemon

What's that and how does it work please?

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"Once the agenda-monkeys and perfect-worlders have moved on, perhaps we can do some diving?"

saturation

http://www.oxynet.org/02COSTinfo/protocol_dci.htm

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Mdemon

Great link - thank you!

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"Once the agenda-monkeys and perfect-worlders have moved on, perhaps we can do some diving?"

apitkin

May have advantages, you mean. Your link is to a research proposal which originated from the fact that it is simply not known if heliox has advantages. The evidence is poor or lacking, hence the proposal for a randomised controlled trial.

Many experienced diving physicians feel that the Comex 30 and its variants offer no advantage over a fully-extended USN Table 6 (RN Table 62).

Andy

saturation

Agree fully, "May" have. The proposal has all the pros/cons listed and the rationale for its use in one site. The disagreement as apitkin puts is why such a study need be done. Typically, the Comex 30 table is considered for severe DCI. As a summary:

http://www.sdm.scot.nhs.uk/dive_tables/index.htm

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