THE ESSENTIALS OF DEEPER SPORT DIVING By John Lippmann
320 pages, 7x10 inches, paperback, 145 B&W photos, Tables, Line Drawings, Bibliography, Glossary, Index
ISBN 0-9623389-3-1
Price: $21.95
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Section 1
Physiological and Psychological Considerations of Depth
Problems Magnified by Depth
Nitrogen Absorption and Elimination
Bubble Formation
Decompression Sickness
Cause, Symptoms and Management
Women and Decompression Sickness
Prevention
Nitrogen Narcosis
Carbon Dioxide and Deeper Diving
Heat Loss
Bone Necrosis
Section 2
Decompression Tables
History of Decompression Tables
U.S. Navy Tables
History and Design
Using the Tables
Special Rules
Adapting the Tables to Sport Diving
Exercises Using the Tables
Alternative Tables
Section 3
Multi-Level Diving
Table-Based Multi-Level Diving
Dive Computers
Section 4
Decompression Stop Diving
Decompression Stop Diving
Omitted or Interrupted Decompression
Section 5
Planning and Conducting Deeper Dives
Planning Deeper Dives
Equipment Considerations
Personal Equipment
Support Equipment
Conducting Deeper Dives
Section 6
Altitude Considerations
Flying After Diving
Deeper Diving at Altitude
Section 7
Emergency Procedures
Oxygen and the Deeper Diver
Emergency In-Water Recompression
Section 8
Commercial Diving
Very Deep Diving
Appendices
U.S. Navy Standard Air Decompression Tables
Glossary of Decompression Terms
Recommended References
Abbreviated Bibliography
Divers Alert Network
Index
