From memory you only get the bends if you inhale compressed gases. If you hold your breath then the lungs and the air in them get compressed but when you return to the surface the pressure equalizes. I might be wrong but that's what I understand.
Re: backroom video thread
From memory you only get the bends if you inhale compressed gases. If you hold your breath then the lungs and the air in them get compressed but when you return to the surface the pressure equalizes. I might be wrong but that's what I understand.
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Re: backroom video thread
I believe free divers are also suceptable to the bends. It depends on the speed of one's ascent and time at depth.
It's kinda like shaking a soda bottle. Take off the cap quickly and it bubbles over. Take off the cap slowly allows the bubbles to dissipate and not boil over.Becoming susceptible to the bends is a function of depth and time at depth. The deeper you go, the less time it takes for your blood to get 'saturated' with nitrogen (your blood has dissolved as much nitrogen as it can hold at that depth). Once your blood has achieved saturation, you must rise slowly, often stopping for periods of time at various depths (decompression stops) to allow that gas to come out of solution in a controlled manner through your lungs. If you fail to do so, the nitrogen can come out of solution IN your bloodstream which causes 'the bends'.
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