Chamber Ops Flashcards
Chamber manning levels for recompression treatments?
Emergency - 2
Minimum - 3
Ideal - 7
Is a qualified inside tender required to be in the chamber at all times?
Yes
Responsibilities of Chamber Sup?
- Communication with personnel in the chamber
- Maintaining minimum manning levels
- Ensuring familiarty with recompression procedures
- Contacting UMO
- Ensure recompression log is filled out regarding the assessment and treatment
- Tracking bottom time and deco profiles of personnel in and out of the chamber
- Ensuring bottom times are logged
Who is the only person that can modify tables?
UMO with concurrence from CO/OIC
What should you do before committing to a table 4 or 7?
Contact UMO
Specialty code for UMO?
16U0 or 16U1
Requirements for non-diving medical personnel to become IT qualified?
- PQS
- Current DME
- Meet navy physical standards
- Pass Diver Candidate Pressure Test
Person comes up unconscious but regains unconsciousness on surface?
- Neuro to rule out AGE
- Evaluation by UMO - possible near drowning causing aspiration
When is treatment to be continued on TT6 for AGE?
Symptoms improved within first O2 period at 60 FSW
When is treatment to be compression to depth of relief OR SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT not to exceed 165FSW?
If symptoms are unchanged or worsen
Symptom Categories of Type 1 DCS?
MSK pain
Lymphatic swelling
Cutaneous symptoms
Hallmarks for Type 1 pain?
dull, aching quality, localized, unaffected by movement
When is pain converted to Type II?
Spinal cord involvement
CHAMBER TREAMENT ALWAYS
- Follow treatment tables
- Have qualified tender
- Maintain normal descent and ascent
- Examine patient
- Treat unconscious patient for AGE or serious DCS unless it can be ruled out
- Use air treatment tables only if O2 unavailable
- Be alert for O2 Tox
- Take patient off O2 for O2 hits
- Monitor vital signs frequently
- Observe for recurrence of symptoms, 2 hours for TT5 and 6 hours for all else
- Maintain timekeeping and recording
- Maintain primary and secondary
CHAMBER TREATMENT NEVER
- Alter tables without UMO permission
- Wait for bag resuscitator
- Interrupt chest compressions for longer than 10 seconds
- Allow 100% O2 below 60FSW
- Fail to treat doubtful cases
- Allow personnel to be cramped leading to poor blood circulation
What is visceral pain?
Vague, deep aching pain in chest or abdomen relating to internal organs
Most common cutaneous symptom of DCS?
Itching, not treated when transient
Situation where msk pain can be treated on Table 5 even without complete relief?
- No changes after second O2 period
- UMO deems it most likely orthopedic
3 Types of DCS2?
Neurological
Inner Ear
Cardio-Pulmonary
Symptoms of Cardiopulmonary DCS?
Chest pain aggravated by inspiration with cough and increasing lung congestion
Key words for whether to stay at 60 or go deeper?
Improving
Severe Symptoms are unchanged or worsening