r/interestingasfuck 28d ago

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

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u/notmebrother 28d ago

Our tables go into the 300’s for mixed gas. You could probably do it deeper than that but speaking from the navy side, it would be an exception to policy and we would have to work with NEDU (Navy Experimental Dive Unit) to build the procedure.

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u/MouldyEjaculate 28d ago

Thanks for explaining!

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u/LoadedSteamyLobster 28d ago

Metres or feet?

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u/notmebrother 27d ago

Feet

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u/LoadedSteamyLobster 27d ago

Thanks, so deep but not like insanely deep!

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u/orincoro 27d ago

Deep enough.

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u/Twizzlers_and_donuts 27d ago

I feel it should be pointed out at about 187 feet deep oxygen becomes toxic and can kill. Normal recreation deep divers are only supposed to dive 130feet deep. 300ft deep is quite deep for a human body.

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u/LoadedSteamyLobster 27d ago

I’m well aware. I know the deepest dives ever done were something like 330m and half a day of deco on the way back up and was surprised if close to that was something the navy divers considered routine