Physics & Gases

Carbon monoxide poisoning is a rare cause of problems when diving, it does occur when there is contaminated air in recreational diving tanks. CO poisoningis the leading cause of poisoning…

Warning! ENTONOX NOT to be used in divers suspected of a decompression accident!!Here is a recent correspondence that I feel should be passed on:Question:This topic came up during a discussion…

Taravana, What is it?Taravana, a condition first observed by E.R. Cross in 1958, and reported in 1958- is a diving syndrome seen in working Tuamotu Island natives diving the Takatopo…

SHALLOW WATER BLACKOUT (Latent hypoxia)Shallow water blackout (SWB) is the sudden loss of consciousness caused by oxygen starvation following a breath holding dive. This was first described by S. Miles…

Carbon monoxide poisoning is a rare cause of problems when diving, it does occur when there is contaminated air in recreational diving tanks. CO poisoning is the leading cause of…

Several agencies have begun training recreational divers with oxygen enriched compressed air (EAN). Recreational nitrox diving has in common with traditional compressed air diving the use of nearly all the…

ACCLIMATIZATION YOU DON'T WANT - CARBON DIOXIDEJolie Bookspan, Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PAand(The Rev.) Edward H. Lanphier, M.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WIIn a US Navy experimental facility, testing for new…

CO2 retention with it's attendant dangers of death from convulsions and hypoxia (low oxygen level) is primarily of concern to the scuba diver due to "skip breathing". Other sources of…