Diving at diminished atmospheric pressure: air decompression tables for different altitudes

Undersea Biomed Res. 1976 Sep;3(3):189-204.

Abstract

Fifty subjects performed 106 simulated dives at a final ambient pressure of 0.7 at (3000 m above sea level). One hundred and forty-three subjects performed 278 actual controlled dives at altitudes 900-1700 m above sea level. From the experience of these dives, air-decompression tables for altitudes 0-3200 m above sea level were calculated. Tables up to 2000 m above sea level were tested on humans under wet conditions.

MeSH terms

  • Altitude*
  • Atmospheric Pressure*
  • Decompression Sickness / diagnosis
  • Diving*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Naval Medicine