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| DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS RESULTS FROM THE FORMATION |
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| OF BUBBLES IN THE BLOOD OR BODY TISSUES |
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| DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS IS CAUSED BY |
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Definition
| INADEQUATE ELIMINATION OF DISSOLVED GAS AFTER A DIVE OR OTHER HYPERBARIC (OR HYPOBARIC) EXPOSURE TO PRESSURE. |
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| gas micronuclei to form (theory) |
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| the more continuous diving the less production of gas micronuclei |
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Term
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1. PARTIAL PRESSURE OF INERT GAS
2. LENGTH OF BOTTOM TIME
3. RATE OF ABSORPTION - EXERCISE (DURING AND AFTER DIVE AND DECOMPRESSION)
4. REPETETIVE DIVING
5. LACK OF DIVING EXPERIENCE (ACCLIMATIZATION)
6. FLYING AFTER DIVING
7. INADEQUATE OR IMPROPER DECOMPRESSION |
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Definition
1. DEHYDRATION
2. AGE AND OBESITY
3. COLD
4. RECENT PHYSICAL INJURY
5. RECENT DCS
6. ANYTHING WHICH WILL IMPEDE CIRCULATION |
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1. DON’T DIVE!
2. CONSTANT DIVING
3. PROPER HYDRATION
4. NO HANGOVERS
5. PHYSICAL FITNESS
6. RESTING DURING DECOMPRESSION
7. FOLLOW DIVE SCHEDULE
8. INCREASE PPO2 IN MIX |
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| FREQUENCY OF DCS SYMPTOMS |
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Definition
LOCAL JOINT PAIN (AIR)
LEG 30% (KNEE)
ARM 70 % (SHOULDER)
DIZZINESS 2.3%
CHOKES 1.6%
EXTREME FATIGUE AND PAIN 1.3%
COLLAPSE WITH UNCONSCIOUSNESS .5% |
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| TIME OF ONSET OF SYMPTOMS |
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Definition
TIME OF ONSET OF SYMPTOMS
50% WITHIN 30 MINUTES
85% WITHIN 1 HOUR
95% WITHIN 3 HOURS
1% MORE THAN 6 HOURS |
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| Red rash, itchy skin usually associated with short deep exposures in chamber or dry suit. (do not pressurize) |
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| CUTIS MARMORATA (MORE SERIOUS) |
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| Skin Marbling: starts as pale area and becomes bluish with swelling - treat – Table 6) |
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| pain usually in the elbow, knee, or shoulder (sometimes in finger joint). Pain is dull throbbing and deep in the joint or tissue. Pain generally worsens over time. (Table 6) |
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| (DCS occurring in the brain) can produce: headaches, visual disturbance, dizziness, confusion, psychotic symptoms, paralysis, unconsciousness (stroke like signs or symptoms) (Table 6) |
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| May cause: muscular weakness, numbness, Pins and needles, abdominal encircling pain, paralyses, loss of sensation (Table 6) |
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| Pulmonary DCS: (or “Chokes”) |
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Definition
| Pain under sternum, coughing, coughing up blood, severe respiratory distress leads to unconsciousness and death (Table 6) |
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| Inner Ear DCS or Vestibular DCS: |
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| Usually associated with a gas switch (air from heliox) vertigo, tinnitis, nausea, vomiting, loss of balance |
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CHIEF COMPLAINT - WHAT’S WRONG?
HISTORY
RAPID NEURO |
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- DIVE PROFILE
- ANYTHING UNUSUAL DURING THE DIVE OR DECOMPRESSION?
- TYPE OF WORK
- REPET. DIVE?
- EVER HAD DCS BEFORE
- PAIN - TYPE - SHARP, DULL, RADIATING, CHANGED IN SEVERITY OR LOCATION |
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Term
| Treatment for DCI -(DCS) and Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) |
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Definition
Initial treatment depth is 60 fsw
CONTACT MEDICAL ADVISOR
RE-HYDRATE FLUIDS ORALLY or (START I.V.)
MONITOR URINARY OUTFLOW
Complete Table 6 |
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