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Yes, a diver experiencing the bends (decompression sickness) can sometimes be treated by returning to a depth where the pressure is higher, as this helps to reduce the size of nitrogen bubbles in the body. However, this is not a standard treatment and can be very risky. The most effective treatment is to use a hyperbaric chamber, where the diver can be safely and gradually decompressed while receiving medical attention. Immediate professional medical assistance is always recommended for treating the bends.
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What is a diver's ailment?
The bends
What is diver's ailment called?
The bends
What is the most pressure a diver can experience before getting the bends or decompression sickness?
The deepest depth that can be dived to (on air) and saturate and then surface without getting decompression sickness in general is about 20 feet (6 meters). This is known as the Minimum Bends Depth. Any depth greater than this depth can result in decompression sickness depending on the time underwater.
What do they call it when a scuba diver comes to surface to quick?
they get the bends
How do divers get the bends?
It has to do with the change in pressure on the body. The Bends happen when the body experiences a quick decrease in pressure. We mostly associate The Bends with a diver ascending too quickly from a deep depth back to the surface. But "decompression sickness", as it is more formally called, can happen from changes in altitude, too, or even after exiting mines and going back to the surface.
What energy is it when the diver jumps and the board bends down?
The diver at the top of a diving board has potential energy
How does compression and tension act together by describing when a diver jumps up and down on a diving board?
When the diver jumps up on the diving board, the board experiences tension as it bends upwards. As the diver lands back on the board, it experiences compression as it bends downwards. These alternating tension and compression forces act together to provide the necessary rebound for the diver to propel themselves into the air.
Why do free-divers sink at depth?
The cartesian diver sinks because the diver wants to get to a place of low pressure
Why is it important for a deep sea diver to resurface at a gradual rate?
because bubbles of nitrogen that are abosrbed into the blood at high pressures but are normally insoluble start being released from the blood as the diver rises. If this happens to quickly bubbles in the blood form and the diver gets the bends
What element do scuba divers need to prevent the bends?
Scuba divers need to decompress after a deep dive so that the oxygen levels in their blood return to normal before returning to the surface. Otherwise they will get the bends. A scuba diver will typically use his or her dive table or computer to figure out how many minutes they must decompress before resurfacing from the dive. Decompression takes place when a diver figures out the amount of time they need to wait at a certain depth under water before they can resurface. They also need to take into account how much air they have left so they can safely wait underneath the water for said period of time. A scuba diver will usually hold onto a drop line and simply breath and wait the allocated amount of time at the prescribed depth and only then safely return to the surface.
How much pressure does a diver experience at 30 meters depth in salt water?
At 30 meters depth in salt water, a diver will experience a pressure of approximately 4 atmospheres or 4 times the pressure at the surface. This is because water exerts 1 atmosphere of pressure for every 10 meters of depth.
How is the diver treated for the bends?
By represurising the diver to the presure that he was at then slowly normalising it. this is done in a decompresion chamber. If a decompression chamber is not used, the person will die immediatly. Do not pass go, do not collect 200$ The above is a nice basic answer. Decompression sickness results from bubbles occurring in the body after surfacing from a dive. The treatment is to recompress the diver in a recompression chamber (not a decompression chamber) to a certain pressure or depth. Different facilities use different treatment methods and therefore different depths as well as different treatment times. The pressure on the diver makes any bubbles in the body smaller and therefore easier to eliminate as well as relieving any pain the diver is experiencing from the bubbles. The diver is also given oxygen to breath since this will cause the excess inert gas in the diver (i.e. nitrogen if air was used to breath during the dive) to be eliminated faster (since nitrogen is no longer being breathed and therefore it has a pure driving force for elimination).
