FED: Guidelines no protection against the bends - divers warned

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: December 11, 2002 | Copyright information


AAP General News (Australia)

12-11-2002

FED: Guidelines no protection against the bends - divers warned

A specialist has warned divers could suffer from a potentially fatal condition known
as the bends even if they religiously follow diving tables.

The condition -- officially known as decompression illness -- is caused by nitrogen
bubbles in the tissues and blood formed when moving rapidly from high to low pressures.

It can l...

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