The longer you wait between your last dive and your flight, the less risk of experiencing
decompression sickness as the nitrogen in the body decreases during surface time.
Not exact matches
It took him nearly 14 hours to resurface,
as he carefully avoided
decompression sickness.
Some sheep died in the experiments, which aimed to find new ways to save divers from
decompression sickness, otherwise known
as «the bends».
Biologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found bone damage consistent with
decompression sickness, caused by nitrogen bubbles in the blood
as an animal surfaces too quickly.
It has FDA approval only for certain medical uses, such
as treating
decompression sickness suffered by scuba divers.
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.