Comments for UW Explorers Dot Net http://uwexplorers.net "Scuba Diving at it's Best" Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Downloads by Gas topping off spreadsheet or website? - Page 2 http://uwexplorers.net/downloads_page/#comment-5989 Gas topping off spreadsheet or website? - Page 2 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:40:43 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?page_id=159#comment-5989 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on Fishes – Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest by UW Explorers Dot Net » Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest - UW Explorers Dot Net http://uwexplorers.net/pacific-northwest-marine-life/fishes/#comment-5945 UW Explorers Dot Net » Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest - UW Explorers Dot Net Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:46:46 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?page_id=263#comment-5945 [...] the process of being up dated with new images and information being added.   We have updated the Fish Section with the addition of some new Black Eyed Goby pictures, along with the Northern Ranquil and some [...] [...] the process of being up dated with new images and information being added.   We have updated the Fish Section with the addition of some new Black Eyed Goby pictures, along with the Northern Ranquil and some [...]

]]> Comment on Pacific Northwest Marine Life by UW Explorers Dot Net » Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest - UW Explorers Dot Net http://uwexplorers.net/pacific-northwest-marine-life/#comment-5943 UW Explorers Dot Net » Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest - UW Explorers Dot Net Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:58:21 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?page_id=178#comment-5943 [...] is very excited to announce that the Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest section is once again in the process of being up dated with new images and information being added. [...] [...] is very excited to announce that the Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest section is once again in the process of being up dated with new images and information being added. [...]

]]> Comment on PADI Drysuit Diver Course by UW Explorers Dot Net » PADI Drysuit Diver - UW Explorers Dot Net http://uwexplorers.net/courses/padi-drysuit-diver-course/#comment-5936 UW Explorers Dot Net » PADI Drysuit Diver - UW Explorers Dot Net Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:25:43 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?page_id=1942#comment-5936 [...] and Ocean Quest Dive Centre is excited to announce that Sean has successfully completed his PADI Drysuit Diver course.  We had some quick scheduling to get done in order for Sean to be able to get is course [...] [...] and Ocean Quest Dive Centre is excited to announce that Sean has successfully completed his PADI Drysuit Diver course.  We had some quick scheduling to get done in order for Sean to be able to get is course [...]

]]> Comment on Getting Decompression Sickness by Peter M http://uwexplorers.net/2012/01/27/getting-decompression-sickness/#comment-5879 Peter M Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:41:21 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?p=2130#comment-5879 It was a little puzzling to me at first why they would put you on 50/50 Heliox at 100FSW. That fiO2 of helium is too high if all you are concerned about is narcosis. But then I thought about it and I guess the theory is the helium that you absorb during recompression will not dissolve and bond into the Nitrogen bubbles you still had in your body. I think all civilian and non-commercial bent divers in BC get treated at VGH. Some guys from Vancouver Island I spoke to said people who get bent there are also flown to VGH. I have read that it is critical to get people into a chamber quickly within an hour or two after symptoms appear and people who are treated soon have a much greater chance for no permanent affects. It was a little puzzling to me at first why they would put you on 50/50 Heliox at 100FSW. That fiO2 of helium is too high if all you are concerned about is narcosis. But then I thought about it and I guess the theory is the helium that you absorb during recompression will not dissolve and bond into the Nitrogen bubbles you still had in your body. I think all civilian and non-commercial bent divers in BC get treated at VGH. Some guys from Vancouver Island I spoke to said people who get bent there are also flown to VGH. I have read that it is critical to get people into a chamber quickly within an hour or two after symptoms appear and people who are treated soon have a much greater chance for no permanent affects.

]]> Comment on Getting Decompression Sickness by KennyG http://uwexplorers.net/2012/01/27/getting-decompression-sickness/#comment-5876 KennyG Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:28:21 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?p=2130#comment-5876 Hey Peter, Thank you for the comment. I am doing pretty good :) I get cleared to start diving again Sunday of this upcoming week. I was very lucky and got treated no problems, though if I had been on the Sunshine Coast, the Hospital there would have done nothing but simply sent me away. VGH, does some of their own created treatments. They started on a Table 6 but the symptoms did not go away so they went to what they call a COMEX 30, and then if that had not worked we would have done the 165ft treatment which is a Table 6a I do believe. I was on 50O2 and 50Helium at 100 ft straight no air breaks, when I reached 60, I did 25min 100% O2 and 5 minute Air breaks. That was the case until the final hour were I did 100%O2 for 60 min as we ascended to the surface. They told me there was a risk of Toxing and that the nurse would be there to deal with that. Though I was fine for the entire treatment which kind of surprised me. Hope all is well. Kind Regards Ken Hey Peter,
Thank you for the comment. I am doing pretty good :) I get cleared to start diving again Sunday of this upcoming week.

I was very lucky and got treated no problems, though if I had been on the Sunshine Coast, the Hospital there would have done nothing but simply sent me away. VGH, does some of their own created treatments. They started on a Table 6 but the symptoms did not go away so they went to what they call a COMEX 30, and then if that had not worked we would have done the 165ft treatment which is a Table 6a I do believe.

I was on 50O2 and 50Helium at 100 ft straight no air breaks, when I reached 60, I did 25min 100% O2 and 5 minute Air breaks. That was the case until the final hour were I did 100%O2 for 60 min as we ascended to the surface.

They told me there was a risk of Toxing and that the nurse would be there to deal with that. Though I was fine for the entire treatment which kind of surprised me.

Hope all is well.

Kind Regards

Ken

]]> Comment on Getting Decompression Sickness by Peter M. http://uwexplorers.net/2012/01/27/getting-decompression-sickness/#comment-5872 Peter M. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:03:41 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?p=2130#comment-5872 Hi Ken, Hope you are feeling better, those are some pretty serious symptoms you had. I was very impressed with the prompt treatment you received at VGH. This has been something that has troubled me lately. Reading the forums, talking to some folks and reading articles in DAN it seems if you get bent in the US you are lucky if you get to a chamber in a couple days. There is a lot of talk about how Hyperbaric treatment centers in the US are catered more towards wound treatment and rehabilitation and you are lucky if you are a bent diver and can get treatment. It seems in Canada and Europe you are much better off if you get bent. I was also interested in the treatment schedule you received. The treatment I usually hear about that is usually prescribed to bent divers is USN 6 which starts much shallower at about 60FSW on 100% O2. I am curious, did they put you on a lot of air breaks? Is that what those yellow bars are in the chart you have attached? This schedule clearly puts you way over the allowable CNS O2 exposure limits and I was wondering how they mitigate the risk from you toxing. Get well, Peter Hi Ken, Hope you are feeling better, those are some pretty serious symptoms you had. I was very impressed with the prompt treatment you received at VGH. This has been something that has troubled me lately. Reading the forums, talking to some folks and reading articles in DAN it seems if you get bent in the US you are lucky if you get to a chamber in a couple days. There is a lot of talk about how Hyperbaric treatment centers in the US are catered more towards wound treatment and rehabilitation and you are lucky if you are a bent diver and can get treatment. It seems in Canada and Europe you are much better off if you get bent.

I was also interested in the treatment schedule you received. The treatment I usually hear about that is usually prescribed to bent divers is USN 6 which starts much shallower at about 60FSW on 100% O2. I am curious, did they put you on a lot of air breaks? Is that what those yellow bars are in the chart you have attached? This schedule clearly puts you way over the allowable CNS O2 exposure limits and I was wondering how they mitigate the risk from you toxing.

Get well,
Peter

]]> Comment on PADI Enriched Air Diver by UW Explorers Dot Net » PADI Enriched Air Course - UW Explorers Dot Net http://uwexplorers.net/courses/padi-enriched-air-diver/#comment-5863 UW Explorers Dot Net » PADI Enriched Air Course - UW Explorers Dot Net Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:04:39 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?page_id=1978#comment-5863 [...] and Ocean Quest had a request to complete a short notice PADI Enriched Air Course course on Saturday.  So, when I returned from the SMD and the Divemaster training I started up an [...] [...] and Ocean Quest had a request to complete a short notice PADI Enriched Air Course course on Saturday.  So, when I returned from the SMD and the Divemaster training I started up an [...]

]]> Comment on Emergency Oxygen Provider by UW Explorers Dot Net » PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider - UW Explorers Dot Net http://uwexplorers.net/courses/emergency-oxygen-provider/#comment-5843 UW Explorers Dot Net » PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider - UW Explorers Dot Net Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:06:20 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?page_id=1962#comment-5843 [...] and Ocean Quest Dive Centre are excited to announce we have four new PADI Emergency Oxygen Providers.  Last Thursday had Mark, Greg, Anton and Heather join me at Ocean Quest so we could do the PADI [...] [...] and Ocean Quest Dive Centre are excited to announce we have four new PADI Emergency Oxygen Providers.  Last Thursday had Mark, Greg, Anton and Heather join me at Ocean Quest so we could do the PADI [...]

]]> Comment on Emergency Oxygen Provider by UW Explorers Dot Net » PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider - UW Explorers Dot Net http://uwexplorers.net/courses/emergency-oxygen-provider/#comment-5788 UW Explorers Dot Net » PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider - UW Explorers Dot Net Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:59:53 +0000 http://uwexplorers.net/?page_id=1962#comment-5788 [...] and Ocean Quest and excited to announce we have two new PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider course.  Tex and Richard joined me tonight at the Ocean Quest and we got hard at the course. [...] [...] and Ocean Quest and excited to announce we have two new PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider course.  Tex and Richard joined me tonight at the Ocean Quest and we got hard at the course. [...]

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