SPECIFICS OF GAS BUBBLE FORMATION AND GROWTH IN TISSUES DURING DECOMPRESSION AFTER SATURATION DIVES

Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2016;50(4):42-47. doi: 10.21687/0233-528x-2016-50-4-42-47.
[Article in English, Russian]

Abstract

It is shown that the decompression schedule after saturation dives to a depth of 30 m designed to hold the nitrogen supersaturation for the most <<slow>> tissues at the acceptable levels is significantly shorter than the decompression schedules with zero supersaturation. of these tissues with nitrogen and all dissolved gases. Equality of the risk of decompression sickness (DCS) onset under this decompression schedule to the risk of DCS onset under the rapid ascent to the surface after saturation dives to a depth of 6.1 m indicates that the effect of the high ambient pressure decreases the concentration of seeds of gas bubbles in tissues and their subsequent growth rate. The DCS symptoms in experienced divers under dangerous decompression profiles not appear due to the lower concentration of gas bubble seeds in their tissues relatively to the average level inherent to the many of humans.

MeSH terms

  • Decompression Sickness / physiopathology*
  • Decompression*
  • Diving / physiology*
  • Gases / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Nitrogen / chemistry

Substances

  • Gases
  • Nitrogen