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Insurers won’t cover £20,000 Medical Fees for Bent Diver
A SCUBA diver has to pay all of the £20,000 medical fees after suffering decompression sickness in the Red Sea. Although he had insurance that was only valid down to 30 metres, he was diving at nearly 50 m. Anthony Allen, 68, from Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, has had treatment since he got the bends [...] -
Exercise during decompression stop reduces bubbles in blood
Decompression sickness is initiated by the formation of gas bubbles in tissue and blood, if the divers return to surface pressure too fast. The effect of exercise before, during, and after dive on bubble formation is still controversial. A new study finds that a mild underwater swimming during a 3-min decompression period reduces post-dive gas [...]
