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Pressure reduction and its effects during ascent from depth
diver may decompress, depending on the dive profile and the mode of diving used. These may be described as decompression modes. Decompression may be continuous
Decompression_(diving)
Diving mode and decompression technique
time required for decompression to surface pressure will not increase with longer exposure. The diver undergoes a single decompression to surface pressure
Saturation_diving
Hyperbaric pressure vessel for human occupancy used in diving operations
atmospheric pressure are provided for diving-related applications such as saturation diving and diver decompression, and non-diving medical applications such as
Diving_chamber
Disorder caused by dissolved gases forming bubbles in tissues
the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can also result from
Decompression_sickness
Swimming underwater, breathing gas carried by the diver
Scuba diving is an underwater diving mode where divers use breathing equipment completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore
Scuba_diving
Diver's pressure exposure over the time of a dive
divers. Multi-level diving, in the broader sense, is diving where the activity other than descent, direct ascent, and decompression, takes place in more
Dive_profile
Equipment used by divers to facilitate decompression
during a dive. A decompression trapeze or decompression bar is a device used in recreational diving and technical diving to make decompression stops more
Decompression_equipment
Semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
notably an explosive decompression in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as well as critically injuring another dive tender. Built as Deep
Byford_Dolphin
Techniques and procedures for safe decompression of divers
prevent or minimize decompression sickness, divers must properly plan, conduct, and monitor decompression. Divers follow a decompression model to allow the
Decompression_practice
Diving beyond the scope of recreational diving
Technical diving (also referred to as tec diving or tech diving) is scuba diving that exceeds the agency-specified limits of recreational diving for non-professional
Technical_diving
Injury due to pressure difference between gas filled space and adjoining tissue
volume involved already exists prior to decompression. Barotrauma can occur during both compression and decompression events. Barotrauma generally manifests
Barotrauma
Chamber for transporting divers vertically through the water
saturation diving and undersea rescue operations. The diving bell would be connected via the mating flange of an airlock to the deck decompression chamber
Diving_bell
Tabulated data to facilitate safe diving ascents
decompression, for constant oxygen fraction diving and for constant oxygen partial pressure diving, for repetitive dives, and for saturation diving.
Decompression_tables
Instrument to calculate decompression status in real time
A dive computer, personal decompression computer or decompression meter is a device used by an underwater diver to measure the elapsed time and depth
Dive_computer
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders caused by underwater diving
significant diving-related illnesses, decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism. Diving medicine deals with medical research on issues of diving, the
Diving_medicine
Developments over time in the human activity
times commercial applications such as sponge diving and marine salvage were established. Military diving also has a long history, going back at least
History_of_underwater_diving
Techniques requiring specific equipment and procedures
A mode of diving, or diving mode, is a particular way to dive underwater that requires specific equipment, procedures and techniques, and may expose the
Modes_of_underwater_diving
Decompression model developed by John Scott Haldane
Haldane's decompression model is a mathematical model for decompression to sea level atmospheric pressure of divers breathing compressed air at ambient
Haldane's_decompression_model
Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment
diving technique reduces the risk of decompression sickness (DCS) after long-duration deep dives. Atmospheric diving suits (ADS) may be used to isolate
Underwater_diving
Theoretical modelling of decompression physiology
equivalent decompression may result in decompression sickness. Repetitive diving, multiple ascents within a single dive, and surface decompression procedures
Decompression_theory
Underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm
Deep diving is underwater diving to a depth beyond the normal range accepted by the associated community. In some cases this is a prescribed limit established
Deep_diving
Watch designed for underwater diving
measuring methods to establish suitable decompression profiles to avoid decompression sickness. Besides for basic diving and as a backup for monitoring time
Diving_watch
Professional diving in support of the oil and gas industry
offshore diving is done by divers who do the dive on air and then exit the water, doing any required decompression in the water or as surface decompression in
Commercial_offshore_diving
Underwater diving breathing gas supplied from the surface
a surface decompression chamber for decompression, or decompressed in the bell. This mode of diving is most likely to be used when the dive is relatively
Surface-supplied_diving
Gas used for human respiration
reducing the risk of decompression sickness, reducing the duration of decompression, reducing nitrogen narcosis or allowing safer deep diving. The techniques
Breathing_gas
Substantial weighted near-vertical line with buoy
used for decompression and frees the main shot line for other divers. The lazy shot's line does not need to be longer than the decompression depth and
Diving_shot
Topics referred to by the same term
from a dive or while in a pressurised environment Decompression practice, the techniques and procedures for decompressing a diver Decompression theory
Decompression
Diving in water-filled caves
planned decompression stops. A distinction is made by recreational diver training agencies between cave-diving and cavern-diving, where cavern diving is deemed
Cave_diving
Unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system
or fail to pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as explosive, rapid, or slow: Explosive decompression (ED) is violent and too fast for air
Uncontrolled_decompression
Facility for supporting saturation diving projects
in-water staged decompression, or surface decompression (sur-D O2) operations normally associated with non-saturation mixed gas diving. More than one living
Saturation_diving_system
Equipment used in the support of an underwater diving operation
to the actual diving, being there to make the dive easier or safer, such as a surface decompression chamber. Some equipment, like a diving stage, is not
Diving_support_equipment
Mixing and filling cylinders with breathing gases for use when scuba diving
Gas blending for scuba diving (or gas mixing) is the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox. Use of
Gas_blending_for_scuba_diving
Ballast carried to counteract buoyancy
the risk of decompression sickness is small, as is the case in freediving and scuba diving when the dive is well short of the no-decompression limit for
Diving_weighting_system
Mathematical model of tissue inert gas uptake and release with pressure change
used to create decompression tables and in personal dive computers to compute no-decompression limits and decompression schedules for dives in real-time
Bühlmann decompression algorithm
Bühlmann_decompression_algorithm
Breathing gas, mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
extending the practicable underwater dive time by reducing the decompression requirement, or reducing the risk of decompression sickness (also known as the bends)
Nitrox
Physiological disorders resulting from underwater diving
Diving disorders, or diving related medical conditions, are conditions associated with underwater diving, and include both conditions unique to underwater
Diving_disorders
Disorders arising from ambient pressure reduction
Decompression Illness (DCI) comprises two different conditions caused by rapid decompression of the body. These conditions present similar symptoms and
Decompression_illness
Rule of thumb for estimating a decompression schedule for a given set of breathing gases
Ratio decompression (usually referred to in abbreviated form as ratio deco) is a technique for calculating decompression schedules for scuba divers engaged
Ratio_decompression
Underwater diving at altitudes above 300 m
significant in diving because it affects the decompression requirement for a dive, so that the stop depths and decompression times used for dives at altitude
Altitude_diving
Decompression in the context of diving derives from the reduction in ambient pressure experienced by the diver during the ascent at the end of a dive
History of decompression research and development
History_of_decompression_research_and_development
Container to supply high pressure gas for diving operations
A diving cylinder or diving gas cylinder is a gas cylinder used to store and transport high-pressure gas used in diving operations. This may be breathing
Diving_cylinder
Diving using equipment configuration where scuba sets are clipped to the diver's sides
wreck diving penetrations. Sidemount diving is now growing in popularity within the technical diving community for general decompression diving, and is
Sidemount_diving
Physiological basis for decompression theory and practice
for diver decompression Thermodynamic model of decompression – Early diving decompression model Varying Permeability Model – Decompression model and algorithm
Physiology_of_decompression
Articulated pressure-resistant anthropomorphic housing for an underwater diver
An atmospheric diving suit (ADS), atmospheric pressure diving suit or single atmosphere diving suit is a small one-person articulated submersible which
Atmospheric_diving_suit
Underwater diving using self contained breathing gas recycling apparatus
Decompression diving to 45m" ISO 24806 "Recreational Diving Services – Requirements for recreational rebreather diver training – Decompression diving
Rebreather_diving
Garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment
A diving suit is a garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment. A diving suit may also incorporate a breathing gas supply
Diving_suit
Medical condition caused by inert gas bubbles forming out of solution
Inner ear decompression sickness, (IEDCS) or audiovestibular decompression sickness is a medical condition of the inner ear caused by the formation of
Inner ear decompression sickness
Inner_ear_decompression_sickness
Closed or semi-closed circuit scuba
and be integrated with decompression computers to monitor the decompression status of the diver and record the dive profile. Diving rebreathers are generally
Diving_rebreather
Breathing gas consisting of oxygen, helium and nitrogen
deep commercial diving, during the deep phase of dives carried out using technical diving techniques, and in advanced recreational diving. The helium is
Trimix_(breathing_gas)
Scuba cave diving incident in South Australia
The 1973 Mount Gambier cave diving accident was a scuba diving incident on 28 May 1973 at a flooded sinkhole known as "The Shaft" near Mount Gambier in
1973 Mount Gambier cave diving accident
1973_Mount_Gambier_cave_diving_accident
Origins and development of diving using breathing gas carried by the diver
within the technical diving community for general decompression diving, and has become a popular specialty for recreational diving. In the 1950s the United
History_of_scuba_diving
Ship used as a floating base for professional diving projects
A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects. Basic requirements are the ability to keep station
Diving_support_vessel
Planned hyperbaric exposure using a specified breathing gas as medical treatment
for an extended period of time. Recompression of diving casualties presenting symptoms of decompression sickness has been the treatment of choice since
Hyperbaric treatment schedules
Hyperbaric_treatment_schedules
List of articles related to underwater diving grouped by topical relevance
Recreational diving without a dive buddy Saturation diving – Diving mode and decompression technique Saturation decompression – Decompression where all tissues
Outline_of_underwater_diving
Procedures for safe ascent and descent in underwater diving
scuba-dive safely Surface-supplied diving skills – Underwater diving procedures Decompression practice – Techniques and procedures for safe decompression of
Ascending and descending (diving)
Ascending_and_descending_(diving)
Agents and situations that pose a threat to the underwater diver
significant in saturation diving. Heat is lost to the ambient gas in a closed diving bell, saturation accommodation and decompression chambers, and underwater
Diving_hazards
Basis for the published decompression tables and algorithms
The US Navy has used several decompression models from which their published decompression tables and authorized diving computer algorithms have been derived
US Navy decompression models and tables
US_Navy_decompression_models_and_tables
Technical diving safety philosophy
(DIR) is a holistic approach to scuba diving that encompasses several essential elements, including fundamental diving skills, teamwork, physical fitness
Doing_It_Right_(scuba_diving)
American decompression researcher. Joel A. Dovenbarger – Decompression research. R. G. Dunford – Isobaric counterdiffusion. Carl Edmonds – Author of diving medicine
List of researchers in underwater diving
List_of_researchers_in_underwater_diving
Chronological list of notable events in the history of underwater diving equipment
and symptoms of decompression sickness, and proposed a table of decompression stops to avoid the effects. The Admiralty Deep Diving Committee adopted
Timeline_of_diving_technology
Equipment for controlling the buoyancy of a diver
inflatable goods Low impact diving – Scuba diving that has minimal environmental effect Scuba skills – Skills required to scuba-dive safely There are other
Buoyancy_compensator_(diving)
Underwater diving alongside a near vertical face
Wall diving is underwater diving alongside a near vertical face, usually an underwater cliff. It is a type of reef diving popular among recreational divers
Wall_diving
Training and operations handbook
surface supply diving mixed gas, deep diving systems, oxygen diving operations, surface supply decompression, mixed gas scuba decompression, and helium oxygen
U.S._Navy_Diving_Manual
Equipment used to facilitate underwater diving
descent. Decompression trapeze is used to assist in maintaining correct depth during in-water decompression stops. Diving bells and diving stages are
Diving_equipment
Process of planning an underwater diving operation
decompression for surface oriented dives, and one for saturation diving. Real time computation of tissue gas levels and the appropriate decompression
Dive_planning
Hazards associated with underwater diving
activities that must be done Taravana – Decompression sickness caused by breath-hold diving Wreck diving – Recreational diving on wrecks DeNoble, P. J.; Vann,
List of diving hazards and precautions
List_of_diving_hazards_and_precautions
Japanese pearl divers
occupation. ama (海女) – a sea-diving fisherwoman ama (海士) – a sea-diving fisherman ama (海人), kaijin (海人) – a sea-diving fisherperson of either gender
Ama_(diving)
Situation that endangers the life or health of a diver
the water to dive, until the end of all decompression and the diver has exited the water. Surface decompression may legally be part of a dive. It includes
Underwater_diving_emergency
Underwater diving procedures
under pressure diving (TUP) when the decompression is done in a deck decompression chamber. This is a mode of surface oriented diving in which the divers
Surface-supplied diving skills
Surface-supplied_diving_skills
Group of people working together to enhance dive safety and achieve a task
A diving team is a group of people who work together to conduct a diving operation. A characteristic of professional diving is the specification for minimum
Diving_team
Buoy towed by a scuba diver to indicate position
whole dive, and indicates the position of the dive group throughout the dive, and the other, a delayed surface marker buoy, DSMB or decompression buoy
Surface_marker_buoy
US military research and development unit
to 300 feet (91 m), new decompression tables for both nitrogen-oxygen and helium-oxygen diving including new repetitive diving capabilities for helium-oxygen
United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit
United_States_Navy_Experimental_Diving_Unit
British ocean liner (1907–1915)
from the Discovery Channel was also to be on hand. A dive team from Cork Sub Aqua Club, diving under licence, discovered 15,000 rounds of the .303 (7
RMS_Lusitania
Professional diving on industrial projects
Commercial diving may be considered an application of professional diving where the diver engages in underwater work for industrial, construction, engineering
Commercial_diving
Vascular blockage by air bubbles
usually obvious and may present quite differently from decompression sickness. Decompression sickness: Inert gas bubbles form in the bloodstream if the
Air_embolism
Diving inside a protective cage to observe sharks in the wild
Shark cage diving is underwater diving or snorkeling where the observer remains inside a protective cage designed to prevent sharks from making contact
Shark_cage_diving
Evidence of physiological disorders resulting from underwater diving
during a dive, on surfacing, or up to several hours after a dive. The principal conditions are decompression illness (which covers decompression sickness
List of signs and symptoms of diving disorders
List_of_signs_and_symptoms_of_diving_disorders
Special forces unit of the British Army
different areas: Boat troop – specialists in maritime skills including diving using rebreathers, using kayaks (canoes) and rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Special_Air_Service
Human habitable underwater enclosure filled with breathable gas
under pressure to a decompression chamber on the support vessel for safer decompression. Deck decompression chamber (DDC) A decompression chamber on the support
Underwater_habitat
Deaths occurring while scuba diving or as a consequence of scuba diving
Scuba diving fatalities are deaths occurring while scuba diving or as a consequence of scuba diving. The risks of dying during recreational, scientific
Scuba_diving_fatalities
2018 international rescue mission in Thailand
diving school in Phuket, contributed in cave diving capacity. Canada: Erik Brown, a dive instructor from Vancouver, participated on the cave diving team
Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
decompression sickness. decompression chamber Hyperbaric chamber used for decompressing divers and emergency therapeutic recompression. decompression
Glossary of underwater diving terminology: D–G
Glossary_of_underwater_diving_terminology:_D–G
Australian conservationist (1962–2006)
diving Canoe and kayak diving Buddy diving buddy check Decompression Decompression practice Pyle stop Ratio decompression Dive briefing Dive log Dive
Steve_Irwin
Training process for people who do not dive at work
No-decompression diving" ISO 24805 "Recreational Diving Services – Requirements for recreational rebreather diver training – Decompression diving to 45m"
Recreational_diver_training
Physiological responses to immersion of air-breathing vertebrates
The diving reflex, also known as the diving response and mammalian diving reflex, is a set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the
Diving_reflex
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
on-screen presenter due to difficulties in speaking to a camera through diving apparatus, but asked Attenborough to narrate the films. The same team reunited
David_Attenborough
Experimental underwater habitats developed by the United States Navy
"Saturation Dives, with Excursions, for the Development of a Decompression Schedule for Use during SEALAB III". US Navy Experimental Diving Unit Technical
SEALAB
American astronaut (born 1975)
diving Canoe and kayak diving Buddy diving buddy check Decompression Decompression practice Pyle stop Ratio decompression Dive briefing Dive log Dive
Reid_Wiseman
Use of diving techniques in the pursuit of scientific knowledge
blue-water diving, drysuit diving, overhead environment diving, altitude diving, and use of dive computers for decompression monitoring. Various methods
Scientific_diving
Estimation of breathing gas mixtures and quantities required for a planned dive profile
main part of the dive), and 32 to 80% for decompression mixtures. Helium is an inert gas which is used in breathing mixtures for diving to reduce or eliminate
Scuba_gas_planning
Copper helmet with rubberised canvas diving suit and weighted boots
Standard diving dress, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, deep sea diving suit, or heavy gear, is a type of diving suit that was formerly
Standard_diving_dress
Underwater diving without breathing apparatus
Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding (apnea) until resurfacing
Freediving
Fatal diving bell accident off Norway in 1974
Wildrake Diving Accident. Medford, Oregon: Lion's Mouth Publishing. pp. 34–35, 148. ISBN 978-0-615-52838-0. LCCN 2011915008. "North Sea Commercial Diving Fatalities"
Drill_Master_diving_accident
Standard underwater diving protocols
Repetitive diving – Diving again while some tissues have not reached equilibrium with surface saturation. Staged decompression – Decompression at fixed
Diving_procedures
Breathing gas mixed from helium and oxygen
technical diving, and is also sometimes used in professional diving. In 2015, the United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit showed that decompression from
Heliox
South African diver and holder of scuba depth record
held two world records in deep diving (independently verified and approved by Guinness World Records), the cave diving record from 1996 to 2019 and the
Nuno_Gomes_(diver)
Medical treatment at raised ambient pressure
Publisher for diving and hyperbaric medicine and physiology Decompression chamber – Any pressure vessel for human occupancy used to decompress a person Hyperbaric
Hyperbaric_medicine
Diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment
Recreational diving or sport diving is diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment, usually when using scuba equipment. The term "recreational diving" may
Recreational_diving
USMC deep reconnaissance unit
Springs, California. United States Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course – Navy Diving Salvage and Training Center, Naval Support Activity Panama City, Florida
United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance
United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance
Diving disorder caused by inhaling small quantities of salt water
during the dive due to unclear reasons. A dive profile with decompression stops and slow gradual ascent would be less likely to cause decompression sickness
Salt water aspiration syndrome
Salt_water_aspiration_syndrome
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Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada
Sacred; Diving
Surname or Lastname
Irish (County Donegal)
Irish (County Donegal) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhidhir or sometimes of Mac Duibhidhir (see Dwyer, also Dyer).English : of uncertain derivation; possibly from diver, an agent derivative of Middle English dive ‘to dip or plunge’, but if so the application is obscure. It may be a nickname for someone compared to a diving bird. Compare Ducker.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : nickname meaning ‘diver’, from an agent derivative of Middle English douke(n) ‘to dive’ (a word that is probably related to duck (the bird)).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained.North German (Dücker) and Dutch : from the term for a duck or diving bird (from du(c)ken ‘to dive or duck’), probably applied as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the duck, but perhaps in some cases a metonymic occupational name for fowler or for a furrier who used the pelts of diving birds in his trade.
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Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, Gaelic, Hebrew, Irish, Italian
Form of Shana; Shannon; Old; Ancient; Lily; The Lord is Gracious
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a firing God
Girl/Female
English American French
From the French 'cheri' meaning darling.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Arabic, French, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
Successful; Most Prosperous One
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from a place in East Yorkshire called Wauldby (recorded in Domesday Book as Walbi ‘(village) on the wold’) or from Walby in Cumbria (‘(village) by the (Roman) wall’).
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Concerning monarchy
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Residence Name
Boy/Male
Hindu
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n.
Compression.
n.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
n.
The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
n.
The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
n.
Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
v. i.
To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
n.
A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.
n.
The act of pressing; compression; oppression.
n.
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
n.
The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
n.
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
a.
Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.
a.
Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
n.
The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
n.
A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.
n.
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
n.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
n.
The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
v. t.
To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
n.
Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.