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Q: How Can The Pressure of the bends affect a scuba diver?
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What do they call it when a scuba diver comes to surface to quick?

they get the bends


What is happening to a scuba diver after a long scuba diving session and he starts to feel pain in his elbow on the airplane trip home?

They are potentially suffering the bends


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Do scuba diver have back bones?

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What partial pressure of oxygen is a scuba diver breathing if the total pressure is 6.3 ATM and 20 percent of the air is oxygen?

The answer to the question what partial pressure of oxygen is a scuba diver breathing if the total pressure is 6.3 atm and 20 % of the air is oxygen is 1.26 atm (atmospheres).


Why would a scuba diver go underwater?

Becasue if a SCUBA diver didn't go underwater, they really wouldn't be a SCUBA diver. SCUBA stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.


What natural elements must a scuba diver overcome when diving?

they must come over the pressure


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Can scuba diving affect driving after words and show up as if you had a drink on a breathalizer?

If you were to dive and then drive over VERY HIGH (3000') mountains the diver could experience the equivelent of the bends. This would be the same danger as flying after diving. breathalizer? no.


Why it is dangerous for scuba diver to more up rapidly into the water surface?

A scuba diver should not ascend rapidly, because the nitrogen in their bloodstream will lose pressure and create bubbles in the bloodstream. This will cause decompression sickness, which can be fatal.


What has gas pressure?

Anything pressurised with gas - an auto tire for example, or a scuba diver's air tank.