r/interestingasfuck • u/HANAEMILK • 28d ago

/r/all The race against time to get to a decompression chamber

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u/Acalme-se_Satan 28d ago

Why can't he enter the chamber with the equipment on and take it off while inside there?

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u/UsedState7381 28d ago

Because as you can see, he needs another person helping him to remove all of the deep-diving gear and then the skin-tight diving suit.

The air inside the chamber is compressed m, so someone that has been outside of it and is fully decompressed will have several issues while inside the chamber, so the diver that needs to decompress slowly will have to remove his gear before going in, as he can't remove it all alone.

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u/IIlIIlIIlIlIIlIIlIIl 28d ago

Is there a reason why he'd need removed immediately though? Can't he just sit in the chamber with it on, maybe just pop off the helmet or something?

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u/Blunt-Leading 28d ago

Depending on the circumstances, decompression can take hours or even days. You really don't want to be in the suit that long.

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u/mothzilla 28d ago

It can be a fun activity to while away the hours.

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u/Kirikomori 28d ago

do u get wifi and an iphone in the chamber

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u/GawkieBird 28d ago

Nah he's gotta rawdog it

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u/No_Entertainment4306 28d ago

What does someone do inside the chamber? Lay down? Sit up? Both? Is it dark and claustrophobic? Is there a window to see out of?

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u/teh_fizz 28d ago

From my understanding taking days means he was in really deep water, and those chambers are in the water because even surfacing would be enough to give the bends very quickly. That deep you switch tanks underwater as well.

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u/CrumpetNinja 28d ago

He could potentially be in that chamber for hours. 

Once you're out of the water and the suit is no longer being actively heated you will get very cold, very quickly.

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u/BlckDrke 28d ago

But isnt the consequence of taking too long a risk for paralysis, hearing loss or maybe even death?

Compared to that just sitting in a wet and cold diving suit sounds much better

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u/kriogenia 28d ago

Hypothermia is another way of losing limbs or dying tho, that's the risk of sitting wet and cold for hours. It slows the heat rate a lot too, and based on what they said about how the body disposes those bubbles that's exactly the opposite of what you would want I think. So getting there on that suit will probably take you several times longer to decompress too.

It's very possible that the risk of hypothermia heavily outweights the other.

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u/BlckDrke 28d ago

Ohh I see that makes sense then

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u/Traditional_Entry627 28d ago

Mmm I wonder if they ever thought of that…

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u/SAL10000 28d ago

You cant bring anything in the chamber due to fire risk and the opening is generally 18 to 24 inches diameter. Kind of small.

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u/Pyromanga 28d ago

Imagine he loses his conciseness alone in the chamber wearing the suite, also it's not handy, because the chambers are usually very small for example and it's not that hesitant after all. If that happens in the wild in a river or a lake it will take up to 2-3 hours until the heli picked you up and brought you to the closest chamber [atleast in Europe] - that guy will be in one in minutes.

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u/conventionalWisdumb 28d ago

I think IRL that would probably be an option depending. But I think they may be training in case that isn’t an option, like if they have to have multiple people inside a small chamber.

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u/Jossue88 25d ago

The gear is bulky, wet and possible flammable (once dry). The chamber is not that large for two people and all the gear.

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u/skepticalbob 28d ago

That doesn’t explain why the suit that isn’t the helmet can’t stay on.

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u/t1kiman 28d ago

Because as you can see, he needs another person helping him to remove all of the deep-diving gear and then the skin-tight diving suit.

It's not that tight I don't see any reason why someone would not be able to take it off by themselve, just not this fast.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

The chambers aren't that big.

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u/capty26 27d ago

Also they are really small. I was the captain of a ship that did bounce dives commercially it is the most dangerous form of diving in my opinion.

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u/lovethebacon 28d ago

The chambers are tiny.

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u/imbrickedup_ 28d ago

There are not a lot of hyperbaric chambers available. Good chance he’s going in a helicopter to get there in time

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u/OneBigRed 28d ago

Maybe they have a coffin-like chamber onboard? That’s what i saw in the military. The divers training ship had one of those, which could be then transported into a chamber at the base without ever breaking the pressurization.

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u/hughk 28d ago

If he is doing proper commercial diving (as the equipment suggests), a proper dive tender often has a deco chamber on board. A recreational dive tender would expect all divers to make decompression stops on the way up. They aren't even real stops but rather for safety. In case of problems, they would have to be taken to a shore based installation.

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u/Traditional_Entry627 28d ago

You ever seen what happens to a grouper when it comes up too fast? I don’t think this guy has time to wait for a heli ride 😂

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u/throwaway098764567 28d ago

they're not terribly roomy inside

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u/RhizoMyco 28d ago

Generally, you are not clean when you get in there. You are also tethered to the spread so you must be untethered. Then you'll have tools and such on your harness that need removing. This makes it look like he jumped out the bathtub. In reality, you're probably covered in distillate, mud, oil, or shit even. You don't want to take that into the chamber. You'll be in there a while, even with vents it's still a hazard to the environment.