Decompression sickness - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NAUI Open Water eLearning Exam Prep (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: a regular breathing pattern while diving would be Answer: slightly slower and deeper than you normally breathe Q: If a diver's surface air consumption rate is 1.72bar (25 psi) per minute, what would be the consumption rate at 20 meters (66 feet) of seawater? Answer: 5.16 bar per minute (75 psi per minute) Q: appropriate first aid measures for an un...

ABFM Medicinecomplexion for someone with carbon monoxide poisoning - correct answer flushed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning - correct answer SOB, tachypnea, tachycarida, nausea, HA, pulse sats 100% pathophysiology of cabon monoxide poisoning - correct answer all O2 carrying sites on hemoglobin are occupied by CO, which such a high affinity for hemoglobin that O2 cannot displace it prophylaxis for acute mountain sickness (2) - correct answer acetazolamide or dexamethasone s...

CH 2 : What is the most important rule in scuba diving? correct answers never hold your breath CH 4 : Describe from start to finish the steps to disassembling your scuba system correct answers - remove accessories and weights - decompress the system : turn the valve knob completely clockwise, decompress the second gauges (purge button or auto inflator button to vent air remaining in the hoses) - detach the LP hose from the inflator assembly by pulling the collar back on the quick disconnec...

In 1878, Paul Bert established that _____, liberated as bubbles following sudden decompression was the cause of decompression sickness. - ANSWER Nitrogen Nitrox is a _____ breathing gas. - ANSWER Mid-Range Nitrox provides the greatest advantages for dives in the _____ depth range. - ANSWER 15-33m (50-110ft)

West Coast EMT Block 2 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass A 30-year-old male was rescued after being lost in the woods for approximately 18 hours. The outside temperature is 30°F (-1°C). He is immediately placed in the warmed ambulance, where you perform a primary assessment. He is unresponsive, pale, and apneic. You should: Select one: A. assess for a carotid pulse for up to 60 seconds. B. apply chemical heat packs to his groin and axillae. C. apply an AED and assess his cardiac rhythm...

CFRN EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED. What is the worst stressor in transport? Vibration. Physical effects on crew & patient plus affects ECG and increases ETCO2. Increase padding to decrease vibration Gravitational forces cause what? Pooling of blood Negative impacts on transport Fatigue Dehydration Cold, high, & dry What stressor impacts physical assessment most? Noise Vision Impairment Night vision affected as early as 5000 feet MSL Avoid inside light a...

ABFM Medicine Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions complexion for someone with carbon monoxide poisoning - Correct Answer flushed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning - Correct Answer SOB, tachypnea, tachycarida, nausea, HA, pulse sats 100% pathophysiology of cabon monoxide poisoning - Correct Answer all O2 carrying sites on hemoglobin are occupied by CO, which such a high affinity for hemoglobin that O2 cannot displace it prophylaxis for acute mountain sickness (2) - Correct Answ...

_______ errors were the second leading cause of pilot-error-induced commercial air-taxi accidents in the United States over a twenty-year period between 1983 and 2002... a. Skill-based b. Perceptual c. Decision d. Exceptional correct answers Decision A _______ occurs when an aircraft departs the end (overrun) or the side (veers off) of the runway during a takeoff or landing. a. Runway incursion (RI) b. CFIT c. Runway excursion (RE) d. MAC correct answers Runway Excursion (R...

NAUI NITROX 2024 TEST WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ What is nitrox? - Answer-Fraction of nitrogen is reduced, oxygen increased, also called EANx for example EAN32 (32% oxygen) Reducing amount of nitrogen means you can dive ------ to a given depth or reduce ----- between dives - Answer-longer, required surface interval excess nitrogen is the cause of ----- - Answer-decompression sickness Development of Nitrox began in what year? The same year the first diving decompression tabl...

What is visual reversal? - in very clear water objects appear further away due to the particles in the water that resembles haze over great distance An hour after surfacing from a deep dive, a diver complains of fatigue and numbness in one shoulder. This diver should seek medical attention because the diver may have: a. carried equipment that was too heavy. b. decompression illness. c. contaminated air poisoning d. overexertion - b Why does water absorb more heat than air? - - it is dens...