Monday, March 9 2009
Volunteers Needed for Flying After Diving Calibration Study
Posted By at 11:25 AM
This study involves a single, dry or immersed chamber dive to 60 fsw for 55 min followed by a specific surface interval and then a simulated flight to 8,000 ft (the maximum cabin altitude allowed in commercial, pressurized aircraft) for four hours. All phases are conducted at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology (Hyperbaric Center) in Duke University Medical Center. The USN Flying After Diving Study is designed to evaluate the effect of altitude exposure following diving on the production of circulating bubble production and/or the development of decompression sickness. Studies are normally scheduled on one evening and the following day during the week.
Visit our website for additional information regarding the Flying After Diving Calibration Study, here:
http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/research/projects/fadcal/
Thursday, March 5 2009
Scuba Divers find hotel 300 feet under Lake Jocassee
Posted By at 2:55 PM
CNN has published an incredible story about how divers have found a hotel intact 300 feet deep in Lake Jocassee. The hotel was found in Lake Jocassee, which is a man-made body of water in upper South Carolina.
http://www.lakefronthartwell.com/lakenews/at-lake-jocassee-hotel-found-under-300-feet-of-wat.shtml