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No. The closest equivalent thing that can happen is that if you hold your breath and ascend, the expanding air in your lungs will cause a lung expansion injury. The most serious of these are arterial gas embolism (when air is forced into the bloodstream) or pneumothorax (when the lung wall ruptures).
The amount of internal pressure taken to make a human body explode could only be created by pressuring the lungs and then inserting the person directly into a vaccum (for example, by ejecting them from a spacecraft).
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What is the percentage of body weight to weights used in scuba diving?
What is the percentage of body weight to weights used in scuba diving?
Do you have to be a certain weight or body type to be a scuba diver?
No, you don't need a certain body type to scuba dive. Because you use flippers to SCUBA dive, you can be a very lousy swimmer and learn to SCUBA dive. You may look stupid with a very tight wet suit during scuba diving, but you can dive. When I got certified, I learned that you have a very slightly higher chance of the Bends during scuba diving, but this is a small percentage. The pros of scuba diving outweigh the cons.
What has the author Kelli F Koltyn written?
Kelli F Koltyn has written: 'Psychobiological responses to paced scuba exercise' -- subject(s): Anxiety, Aquatic exercises, Body temperature, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Aquatic exercises, Psychological aspects of Scuba diving, Psychophysiology, Scuba diving
What is scientific about scuba diving?
There are various scientific elements of diving. For example, the physics around the law of gases and how gases behave when compressed. There is a lot on human physiology and how the body changes underwater.
What is streamlined scuba?
Streamlined scuba is just a term used for a diver who has all their gauges and equipment close to their body so they are not harming the environment around where they are diving. Commonly clips are attached to the BCD for easy access to gauges while keeping them close to your body.
If a person is scuba diving and suffers a fatal heart attack will the body float up to the surface or sink to the bottom of the ocean?
If you are scuba diving and then suffered from a heart attack, initially your body would sink to the bottom due to the diving equipment, the weighted belt, and other items. After death as your body starts to decompose it would bloat, filling up with gases, and depending upon how heavy the equipment and the weight belt that you were wearing, this would most likely cause your body to float partway to the surface, or fully to the surface depnding upon if the gases released by your decomposing body are sufficent enough to counteract the weight of any and all scuba equipment you are wearing or carrying.
What is more dangerous cliff diving or open ocean scuba diving?
I'd have to say Cliff Diving. Every time you cliff dive, you're hoping real hard that the bottom configuration, which you can't see, hasn't changed. No matter what you do, your body receives a fierce impact from sudden deceleration, even if you do it right. Open water SCUBA, on the other hand, should have no ill effects if you do it correctly. And after a year, if you keep diving, the odds of serious injury or fatality drop to a point that's near insignificance. I exclude deep diving, cave penetration and wreck penetration from this assessment.
What is the chemistry behind scuba diving at 3pmand flying on an airplane at 7pm the same day?
Scuba diving at 3pm involves breathing compressed air, which can lead to nitrogen saturation in the body tissues. Flying on an airplane at 7pm the same day can exacerbate this, as changes in pressure at higher altitude can cause nitrogen bubbles to form in the bloodstream, potentially leading to decompression sickness. It's important to wait at least 12-24 hours after scuba diving before flying to allow the excess nitrogen to safely leave the body.
Can you scuba dive at 9?
Technically you can scuba dive at any age, as long as you are comfortable doing it. There are however, a few issues that arise with very young scuba divers. Finding scuba equipment for a very small body frame can sometimes be difficult. It also depends on the environment you'll be scuba diving in. Clear waters are much easier than a murky lake or pond. Weak swimmers can also have difficulty navigating waterways with a strong current.
Why do you burn loads of calories scuba diving?
Most people burn calories because of the body's attempt to maintain its temperature while scuba diving. Rescue divers burn additional calories while doing more strenuous movement underwater. You can burn a great deal of calories if you had to swim against a strong current or in a medium current for a long time. Estimates show that an average person burns 600-1000 calories per hour while diving.
Which gas law best explains diving medical problems?
Henry's law is the gas law that best explains diving medical problems. It describes how gases dissolve in liquids, such as nitrogen dissolving in blood and tissues during scuba diving. This can lead to decompression sickness if the nitrogen is not properly eliminated from the body.
Why do you use flippers when you go scuba diving?
Fins provide much greater force in water than your bare foot, due to the increased surface area. This increased force is necessary because the additional equipment needed for scuba diving (tank, buoyancy compensator, regulators, etc...) increases the amount of drag and weight of your body in the water. Without fins, you would use a great deal of energy and not get very far.
