Decompression sickness Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CH 2 : What is the most important rule in scuba diving? correct answers never hold your breath CH 4 : Describe from start to finish the steps to disassembling your scuba system correct answers - remove accessories and weights - decompress the system : turn the valve knob completely clockwise, decompress the second gauges (purge button or auto inflator button to vent air remaining in the hoses) - detach the LP hose from the inflator assembly by pulling the collar back on the quick disconnec...

CFRN EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED. What is the worst stressor in transport? Vibration. Physical effects on crew & patient plus affects ECG and increases ETCO2. Increase padding to decrease vibration Gravitational forces cause what? Pooling of blood Negative impacts on transport Fatigue Dehydration Cold, high, & dry What stressor impacts physical assessment most? Noise Vision Impairment Night vision affected as early as 5000 feet MSL Avoid inside light a...

In 1878, Paul Bert established that _____, liberated as bubbles following sudden decompression was the cause of decompression sickness. - ANSWER Nitrogen Nitrox is a _____ breathing gas. - ANSWER Mid-Range Nitrox provides the greatest advantages for dives in the _____ depth range. - ANSWER 15-33m (50-110ft)

ABFM Medicine Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions complexion for someone with carbon monoxide poisoning - Correct Answer flushed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning - Correct Answer SOB, tachypnea, tachycarida, nausea, HA, pulse sats 100% pathophysiology of cabon monoxide poisoning - Correct Answer all O2 carrying sites on hemoglobin are occupied by CO, which such a high affinity for hemoglobin that O2 cannot displace it prophylaxis for acute mountain sickness (2) - Correct Answ...

SDI: open water SDI: open water-exam questions with correct answers CH 2 : What is the most important rule in scuba diving? - ANSWER-never hold your breath CH 4 : Describe from start to finish the steps to disassembling your scuba system - ANSWER-- remove accessories and weights - decompress the system : turn the valve knob completely clockwise, decompress the second gauges (purge button or auto inflator button to vent air remaining in the hoses) - detach the LP hose from the inflator as...

NAUI NITROX 2024 TEST WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ What is nitrox? - Answer-Fraction of nitrogen is reduced, oxygen increased, also called EANx for example EAN32 (32% oxygen) Reducing amount of nitrogen means you can dive ------ to a given depth or reduce ----- between dives - Answer-longer, required surface interval excess nitrogen is the cause of ----- - Answer-decompression sickness Development of Nitrox began in what year? The same year the first diving decompression tabl...

_______ errors were the second leading cause of pilot-error-induced commercial air-taxi accidents in the United States over a twenty-year period between 1983 and 2002... a. Skill-based b. Perceptual c. Decision d. Exceptional correct answers Decision A _______ occurs when an aircraft departs the end (overrun) or the side (veers off) of the runway during a takeoff or landing. a. Runway incursion (RI) b. CFIT c. Runway excursion (RE) d. MAC correct answers Runway Excursion (R...

What is visual reversal? - in very clear water objects appear further away due to the particles in the water that resembles haze over great distance An hour after surfacing from a deep dive, a diver complains of fatigue and numbness in one shoulder. This diver should seek medical attention because the diver may have: a. carried equipment that was too heavy. b. decompression illness. c. contaminated air poisoning d. overexertion - b Why does water absorb more heat than air? - - it is dens...

Contraindications for HBO - Pneumothorax Hx thoracic surgery, Pulmonary lesions Stapes implants URTI, sinusitis, fever COPD with CO2 retention Bleomycin, Doxorubicin (CANCER DRUGS) Pregnancy Confinement anxiety Diabetes mellitus Epilepsy Exposure ≤ 90 min, ≤ 2 ATA: intermittent air breaks needed Even though serious adverse effects are rare, list two of them. - Oxygen toxicity • alveoli - thickened & stiff if exposure >3hr - Aspirin, insulin, adrenaline, nor adrenaline, cor...

SDI: open water CH 2 : What is the most important rule in scuba diving? - ANSWER-never hold your breath CH 4 : Describe from start to finish the steps to disassembling your scuba system - ANSWER-- remove accessories and weights - decompress the system : turn the valve knob completely clockwise, decompress the second gauges (purge button or auto inflator button to vent air remaining in the hoses) - detach the LP hose from the inflator assembly by pulling the collar back on the quick disco...