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| Title: | Estimated DCS Risks in Pressurized Submarine Rescue. |
| Authors: | Weathersby, PK
Survanshi, SS
Parker, EC
Temple, DJ
Toner, CB |
| Keywords: | SUBMARINE
SUBMARINE RESCUE
RESCUES
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
DECISION MAKING
NAVAL OPERATIONS
PRESSURIZATION
RESPIRATION
SURVIVAL(PERSONNEL)
MEDICAL PERSONNEL
DISSUB |
| Issue Date: | 1999 |
| Publisher: | NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD |
| Citation: | ADA452985 |
| Abstract: | The Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) Report "Pressurized submarine rescue: a manual for undersea medical officers" issued in 1992 contained a number of decompression procedures with a conservatism appropriate to routine U.S. Navy diving operations. Current planning emphasizes the need for procedures that, although sub-optimal from some viewpoints, allow maximum efficiency in protecting survivors from life-threatening decompression sickness (DCS). Available probabilistic decompression models were applied to six relevant rescue scenarios to estimate DCS risk incurred when making operational tradeoff decisions. Estimates show that oxygen breathing for a few hours during the decompression, and near-immediate post-surfacing use of U.S. Navy Treatment Tables are both quite effective. Much less efficacy is predicted for oxygen breathing after multi-hour surface intervals. |
| Description: | Citation Status: Active; Citation Classification: Unclassified; Title Classification: Unclassified; Report Classification: Unclassified; Identifier Classification: Unclassified; Abstract Classification: Unclassified; Distribution Limitation(s): 01 - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; Information provided by the Department of Defense and the Defense Technical Information Center (http://www.dtic.mil/) is considered public information and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. |
| Gov't Doc # : | ADA452985
NMRC 99-04 |
| URI: | http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7553 |
| Appears in Collections: | Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC)
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