http://www.dailyscubadiving.com/know-how-to-prevent-the-dangers-of-scuba-diving/ Blog about Underwater Life and Scuba Diving Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:56:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.dailyscubadiving.com/know-how-to-prevent-the-dangers-of-scuba-diving/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 Dave Hodges Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:15:55 +0000 http://www.dailyscubadiving.com/?p=1495#comment-1407 80%of all diving accidents occur on the surface. Nitrogen Narcosis is not an injury. Decompression sicknesss is not caused by descending too rapidly. Overexpansion of a lung is not caused by ascent or descent rates. It is caused by failure to exhale while ascending. You can rocket to the surface and as long as you are exhaling you will not overexpand a lung. Recreational SCUBA diving equipment has changed colors and price in the last dozen years. So as far as being safer? 85% of all deco sickness cases are from divers with computers. 80%of all diving accidents occur on the surface. Nitrogen Narcosis is not an injury. Decompression sicknesss is not caused by descending too rapidly. Overexpansion of a lung is not caused by ascent or descent rates. It is caused by failure to exhale while ascending. You can rocket to the surface and as long as you are exhaling you will not overexpand a lung. Recreational SCUBA diving equipment has changed colors and price in the last dozen years. So as far as being safer? 85% of all deco sickness cases are from divers with computers.

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