Prolonged and Repeated Work in Cold Water.

Abstract

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ATTENDEES; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION - Paul Webb; THERMAL ASPECTS OF THE NEW NOAA/USC SATURATION DIVING SYSTEM - Andrew A. Pilmanis; THE EFFECT OF THERMAL EXPOSURE DURING DIVING ON SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE - T. E. DeLaca; GUIDELINE FOR USE OF DIVER PASSIVE THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS - Robert T. Stinton; SOME SUBJECTIVE COMMENTS ON THE HOT WATER DIVING SYSTEM - Robert R. Given; THE FATIGUE OF REPEATED DIVING: A THERMAL PROBLEM (Summary of Several Discussions); A COMPARISON OF THE INSULATING PROPERTIES OF TWO COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DRY SUIT UNDERGARMENT COMBINATIONS - John Zumrick (Presented by Frank Butler); A ONE ATMOSPHERE TEST TO EVALUATE DIVER SENSITIVITY TO SLOW BODY COOLING. WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO SELECT DIVERS ON THE BASIS OF SUCH A TEST? - I. Ronnestad and A. Hope; SLOW BODY COOLING IN WATER -SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING WORK - Philip Hayes; PERFORMANCE CHANGES IN LONG SLOW COOLING - Paul Webb; REWARMING FROM LONG SLOW COOLING (Discussion Summary); CHANGES IN THERMAL INSULATION DURING UNDERWATER EXERCISE IN KOREAN WOMEN WET SUIT DIVERS - Y.S. Park, S. K. Hong and D. W. Rennie; SUMMARIES: THERMAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; PERFORMANCE AND FATIGUE IN COLD WATER; PHYSIOLOGY OF LONG SLOW COOLING; RESEARCH TOPICS: FATIGUE, PERFORMANCE DECREMENT, PROTECTION, PHYSIOLOGY OF LONG SLOW COOLING