It took him nearly 14 hours to resurface, as he carefully
avoided decompression sickness.
At depths of several hundred, feet, divers have to ascend slowly in order to
avoid decompression sickness (the «bends»), which makes every minute at the bottom a precious commodity.
Zeljko Dujic, a physiologist at the University of Split School of Medicine in Croatia, says the secret to
avoiding this decompression sickness could be vigorous exercise.
You have measurements of altitude so that you can
avoid decompression sickness, as well as clear indicators of how long you've been diving for.
Each section covers various theoretical knowledge about diving from learning how to calculate no - stop times, how to
avoid decompression sickness, how your gear works, and lots of other information on diving safety.
Not exact matches
When dolphins dive deep below the water's surface, they
avoid succumbing to
decompression sickness, or «the bends,» likely because the massive sea creatures have collapsible lungs, a new study finds.