· Closed bell commercial diving – advanced saturation diving techniques, decompression, and hyperbaric chambers. · Habitat training – preparing people to live and work underwater on one of DEEP’s ...

Decompression sickness is a type of injury that occurs when there’s a rapid decrease in pressure surrounding the body. It usually occurs in deep-sea divers who ascend to the surface too quickly. With ...

Decompression sickness happens when nitrogen that is dissolved in the body under high pressure — for example when diving — forms bubbles when pressure reduces. Key symptoms include joint and muscle ...

Nov. 24 (UPI) --Prior to diving, dolphins slow their hearts down to conserve oxygen and avoid decompression syndrome, sometimes called "the bends." According to a new study, published Tuesday in the ...

One of the most common diving disorders UAB Emergency Medicine experts see is middle-ear barotrauma, which involves damage to the tympanic membrane in the ear due to a difference in the pressure ...

This story has been updated to correct a mistake that appeared in the original story. The story incorrectly stated a student from the University of West Florida's Underwater Archaeology program had ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — The Coast Guard transported two divers reporting symptoms of decompression sickness offshore Pensacola Monday. Reports say one 55-year-old male diver was transported to Spring ...