what equipments are used while diving, to avoid this problem?
To avoid this problem divers limit their ascent rate using the decompression models which rate is about a minute and carry out a decompression schedule.
Decompression sickness
 divers limit their ascent rate
what happens when a diver gets the bends It forms bubbles inside any part of the body and its effects may vary from joint pain and rashes to paralysis and death. what is the medical term for this condition? Decompression sickness what are some factors that cause it? Underwater diving decompression, caisson, flying in an unpressurised aircraft at high altitude, and extravehicular activity from spacecraft. what exactly happens in the first situation, that results in this condition? During ascent, the ambient pressure is reduced and at some stage the inert gases dissolved in any given tissue will be at a higher concentration than the equilibrium state and when there is a pressure reduction, excess gas may form bubbles, which may lead to this condition. what are the units for measuring the type of pressure mentioned above? kPa is the unit used in fields such as meteorology and underwater diving, in other circumstances the units used to measure is in 'psi' or 'atm'. who was the first to define these units of measurement? UNANSWERABLE
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Decompression sickness [SEP] Underwater diving
To prevent the excess formation of bubbles that can lead to decompression sickness, divers limit their ascent rate—the recommended ascent rate used by popular decompression models is about per minute—and carry out a decompression schedule as necessary. This schedule requires the diver to ascend to a particular depth, and remain at that depth until sufficient gas has been eliminated from the body to allow further ascent. Each of these is termed a "decompression stop", and a schedule for a given bottom time and depth may contain one or more stops, or none at all. Dives that contain no decompression stops are called "no-stop dives", but divers usually schedule a short "safety stop" at , , or , depending on the training agency.