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 "We would like to hear your story on an incident or occasion that brought special attention to your chamber or hyperbaric facility. Write us to submit your story for possible inclusion in an upcoming issue. Explosive Traveling By Daniel Normandin - Canadian Clearance Diver, Ret. An adventurous soul and a desire to live a life of danger lured me into a career as a Navy clearance and experimental diver. In that capacity, I experienced some memorable moments. In 1981, I was stationed at the Defense and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM) in Toronto, Canada. DCIEM is a Canadian military and civilian research center involved in human performance and protection, human-systems integration, and operational medicine. Its activities benefit aviators, Army and Navy personnel, and others who are involved in any human-machine system or adverse environment. I was a member of a team of three volunteer divers involved in a joint exchange program with the United States Navy at the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI) in Groton, Connecticut. Our mission: using the United States Navy decompression table profile to gather research data for submariners who get fouled at depth in submarines while awaiting rescue. The objective: collection of physiological data, including blood gas measurements, assessment of physical strength, and analyses of other physiological effects and changes that occur while one is exposed to these extreme conditions. The initial medical evaluation, physical, and physiological testing took a full week. It included VO2 max and a treadmill workout. Along with me - a Navy clearance diver - the team included a Canadian submarine and diving medicine medical technician and a First Class U.S. Navy diver. We entered a multiplace hyperbaric chamber at 10:00 a.m. on March 13, 1982, to begin the first of many experimental dives that would take place over the next seven days. This is only part of the article that appears in full length in Volume 1 - Issue 3. To read the full text, subscribe now to the Hyperbaric Medicine Today journal. |
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