Potential Benefits of Navy Dive Computer Use in Ships Husbandry Diving: Analysis of Dives Conducted at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

摘要

Generation III Air Navy Dive Computers (AIR III) were used to record 315 ships husbandry dives conducted by divers breathing air at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from November 2007 to January 2008. For each profile, decompression status was assessed from the air tables in Rev. 6 of the U.S. Navy Diving Manual and from the AIR IIIs. Thirty-five dives were repetitive dives (within 12 hours of a previous exposure), so 280 are distinct profiles for analysis. According to probabilities models, the average predicted risk of decompression sickness for these profiles was low.