Divers are at risk for a particular set of maladies that are generally caused by rapid changes in pressure. These include decompression sickness (DCS,) commonly known as the bends , and air (or gas) ...

Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center and Brooke Army Medical Center hyperbaric team treated three intubated civilian patients with severe carbon monoxide poisoning from Port Arthur, Texas ...

Finding one's calling is a complex process often propelled by education, personal growth, miraculous accidents, and a pinch of fate. Currently the Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Under Pressure ...

In January, the carrier George H. W. Bush deployed from its Norfolk, Virginia, homeport with a new piece of gear aboard: a transportable recompression chamber, traditionally used to treat Navy divers ...

Although Visit Pensacola promotes the Oriskany dive site, it does not warn divers about the region's lack of hyperbaric chambers to treat decompression sickness, the local tourism promotion agency ...

Saturation diving relies on precisely controlled pressure systems designed to keep workers safe at extreme depths. In this incident, a single misrouted gauge led supervisors to increase pressure ...

From KTOO: It's back to the 1970s for Southeast Alaska scuba divers. Anyone who requires emergency treatment in a hyperbaric chamber will have to wait for a flight to Anchorage or Seattle. Bartlett ...

Two simulators which helped develop the science of deep sea diving have been moved to a Hampshire museum. The seven and 14 tonne diving chambers were previously used by the Royal Navy during and after ...