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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


How deep can go scuba diver with breast implants?

Implants do not affect the ability of a diver to descend deep.


Do scuba diver have back bones?

A scuba diver is a human who enjoys scuba diving. Therefore, a scuba diver has a spine and is a vertebrate.


Who has a bigger challenge a scuba diver or a mountain climber?

A scuba diver


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 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 partial pressure of oxygen can be calculated by multiplying the percentage of oxygen in the air by the total pressure. In this case, 20 percent of 6.3 ATM is 1.26 ATM. Therefore, the scuba diver is breathing oxygen at a partial pressure of 1.26 ATM.


What natural elements must a scuba diver overcome when diving?

they must come over the pressure


Who is the worlds best scuba-diver?

Elaine Rowsby-Tucker is the best scuba-diver in the world!!!!!


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.