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hyperbaric chamber |
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hyperbaric chamberor decompression chamber or recompression chamberSealed chamber supplying a high-pressure atmosphere primarily for medical therapy. Breathing air or oxygen at typically 1.5–3 times normal pressure increases the oxygen level in tissues. This effect is used, for example, to treat carbon monoxide poisoning or to inhibit growth of anaerobic bacteria (as in gas gangrene). The compressive effect of the elevated pressure causes damaging gas bubbles in tissues (as in air embolism or decompression sickness) to shrink and gradually be absorbed. |
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Weitzman gives readers the nuts-and-bolts answer, showing through both text and detailed pen-and-ink drawings the technical side of construction processes (temporary sidewalks erected above the tunnels; decompression chambers intended to protect workers from the bends; underground blasting methods) and the equipment (systems for drilling or generating electricity) involved in such an operation. It turns out that I'm fine, but for 24 hours, I'm scared out of my mind, worried I'll have to head to some onshore decompression chamber and derail the trip; I earn myself the nickname "deco-girl. where the victim was treated in a decompression chamber. |
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