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To: Tennessee Conservative

“Your diving computer calculates how long you need to decompress based on several factors and even if you need to go back down and at 78 feet you will get the benz bad”.

I don’t have a clue what that means.

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I think she means... stick with a swimming pool or jacuzzi lol


614 posted on 09/28/2022 5:11:33 PM PDT by peteypupperdoo (Petey Pupperdoo - "We, the people, are the cure." (Q post #3724))
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To: peteypupperdoo

When she took her test for her certification, she had to go way deep in a very dark, cold rock quarry, clear her mask, get it back in place, and start coming back to the surface 15 feet at a time.

Not for me.


615 posted on 09/28/2022 5:18:13 PM PDT by Tennessee Conservative (@Shegens on Truth Social 🐝)
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To: peteypupperdoo; Tennessee Conservative
On a deep dive you need to surface and make stops at certain depths to avoid nitrogen forming bubbles in your body and killing you.

https://addhelium.com/what-are-the-bends/

"When you dive with compressed air your body gets more oxygen and nitrogen than it’s used to at the surface. The oxygen is used by your muscles and organs to continue functioning.

The nitrogen is not used. It dissolves into your blood and hangs out there until it can be filtered out by the liver and the kidneys.

The deeper you go, the more pressure your body is put under. This pressure encourages the gases in your body to dissolve into your blood more quickly and efficiently. This goes for the good and bad gasses.

When it’s time to come to the surface the pressure decreases as you swim upwards. This reduces the pressure on your body. Less pressure means that the gases that were previously dissolved in your blood become gas again.

Think of it like a bottle of soda. Before you open the bottle it looks liquid. When you turn the cap, bubbles rise out of nowhere to the surface. This is because the pressure within the bottle is reduced when it’s opened.

Now, think about what happens when you open an agitated bottle of soda. It fizzes over, right? Well, that’s what the bends is.

If you rise to the surface too quickly, the dissolved nitrogen turns back into gas and bubbles out of your tissues. In large quantities, this causes significant problems for your tissues.

After all, your blood and other bodily tissues are not designed to have huge amounts of high energy bubbles ripping through them."

632 posted on 09/28/2022 6:08:20 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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