The Navy Experimental Diving Unit tested the Deep Sea Expeditionary with No Decompression (DSEND) Suit underwater last February.
The Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS) used by the Navy at the moment is cumbersome, unmaneuverable, and requires relatively large sea craft for deployment. With this new project, it will be improved in a number of ways, including the rotary joint design that it now uses.
Professor Joseph Dituri from the University of South Florida broke a previous Guinness World Record when he surfaced after living underwater for 100 days.
A retired U.S. Navy Diving Officer and aquanaut, the 55-year-old Dituri embarked on the project in an effort to learn about the effects of hyperbaric pressure on the human body.
He hypothesises that increased pressure has the potential to help humans live longer and prevent diseases associated with ageing.
Will it become possible to diagnose decompression sickness through a blood test? We take a closer look at the implications of some recently published research.
He had been battling multiple myeloma since 2010.
The family of Dr Richard Vann wishes to thank everyone for their tremendous outpouring of love for such a wonderful man.
Dick was a beloved husband, father, colleague and friend and we will all miss him dearly
Dick Vann's family have confirmed that in accordance with his wishes, his ashes will be scattered in Maine, where his parents and grandparents are interred.
Just over a year ago, on Monday 15th January 2018, NHS England launched a 30 day public consultation to review Hyperbaric Oxygen Services.
This is the first time that the UHMS has provided live streaming access to this meeting.
One of the most important lectures will take place on Friday 29 June. Dr Eugene Worth will give the Eric P. Kindwall memorial lecture at 13.00 (local time) on 'HBOT and diabetic foot ulcers: Do we have a leg to stand on?'
World-renowned diving medicine expert Dr Neal Pollock gave everyone a lot to think about with his talk on the thoughtful management of decompression stress.
Neal looked at the many factors that can alter decompression stress and the practical strategies all divers can use to optimise decompression safety.
“It is increasingly common for divers to rely on dive computers for their decompression safety. Dive computers do not yet measure or integrate a multitude of factors that can alter decompression stress.”- Dr Neal Pollock.
This coveted award is widely recognised as the oldest and most prestigious in the diving industry. The NOGI has been awarded on an annual basis since 1960 to a select group of divers and undersea visionaries who rank at the top of their fields in arts, science, sports / education, environment, and distinguished service. In 1993 the AUAS was created to administer the NOGI award.
Tick tock tick tock. Have you ever heard someone say, “There goes 15 minutes of my life I will never get back?” While there are many different philosophies and applications of time, most divers don’t want to waste it. Instead, divers carefully invest some of their precious time, energy and money planning and preparing for their ideal SCUBA experience.
Scientific diving appears to be one of the safer forms of diving, a recent study of incidences of decompression illness over ten years has found. This safety seems to be facilitated by a combination of relatively high levels of training and oversight, the predominance of shallow, no-decompression diving and, possibly, low peer or institutional pressure to complete dives under less than optimal circumstances.
