Soldiers at Fort Rucker conducted a decompression sickness exercise Aug. 28. Using the Army’s only hypobaric chamber the Department of Aviation Medicine can qualify Soldiers for certain special activities and high altitude operations. During this qualification there is a risk the Soldier may suffer from decompression sickness, similar to a diver ascending to the surface too quickly, and will require treatment. For this exercise a Soldier represented a patient going through a high altitude qualif

A deep-sea diver must enter a hyperbaric decompression chamber after a dive to prevent or treat decompression sickness, or “the bends.” This condition happens when a diver surfaces too quickly, causing nitrogen bubbles to form in the bloodstream due to rapid pressure changes. These bubbles can lead to serious symptoms like joint pain, dizziness, or even paralysis. The chamber safely re-pressurizes the diver, allowing nitrogen to leave the body gradually while breathing pure oxygen, reducing the

Most scuba divers treated for diving injuries (like the “bends” or Decompression Sickness )…are usually repeat offenders. Note that while nothing is a guarantee, this situation is generally pretty avoidable by simply following your NDL (dive tables or dive computers) 🤷‍♂️⛑️🤿 #scubadiverslife #scubadivingaddicts #scubainstructor #spearfishing #techdiving #divermedic #dangerous #sweetwaterscuba | Kenny Dyal