Chamber Ops Part 2

Question 1

How long must patients remain by a chamber for following TT6?

Answer 1

6 hours
* Live with personnel that can identify nuero deficits and lives within 30 minutes
* Remain within 60 minutes of travel time for 24 hours

Question 2

Who must authorize release of a dcs/age patient?

Answer 2

UMO

Question 3

How long should ITs remain by the chamber following treatment?

Answer 3

1 hour
* Live within 60 min for 24 hours following TT4, 7, or 8

Question 4

tender o2 breathing requirement on tt5?

Answer 4

0 min

Question 5

tender o2 breathing requirement on TT6 up to 1 extension?

Answer 5

30 min at 30fsw
PLUS
30fsw to surface

Question 6

tender o2 breathing requirement on TT6 with more than 1 extension?

Answer 6

60 min at 30fsw
PLUS
30fsw to surface

Question 7

tender o2 breathing requirement on tt6a up to 1 extension?

Answer 7

60min at 30fsw
PLUS
30fsw to surface

Question 8

tender o2 breathing requirement on tt6a more than 1 extension?

Answer 8

90min at 30fsw
PLUS
30fsw to surface

Question 9

What if the tender had previous hyperbaric exposure within 18 hours, what happens to tender o2 breathing requirements?

Answer 9

Add 20 min for TT5
Add 60 min for TT6 and 6A

Question 10

When can patients fly following treatment?

Answer 10

72 hours

Question 11

When can tenders fly following treatments other than 4,7,and 8?

Answer 11

24 hours

Question 12

Reasons to abort a treatment?

Answer 12

• Death
• Natural disaster
• Mechanical failures

Question 13

Abort procedure for Natural Disaster?

Answer 13

• Go immediately to 60FSW if deeper
• Place on O2 and follow air/oxygen schedule for max depth obtained
• At 60 FSW breathe all O2 for all the deco stops deeper than 60FSW, then continue deco table
• When no time is left, decompress at MAX 10ft/min to the surface with 100% o2 the whole time
• If not symptoms following abort, treat on a TT6

Question 14

How long can oxygen generally be tolerated before Pulmonary O2 tox becomes an issue?

Answer 14

12 hours

Question 15

Do you give fluids to someone experiencing pulmonary DCS?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

Medicine treatment for patients with the inability to walk due to lower extremity paralysis caused by DCS or AGE?

Answer 16

Enoxaparin 30mg Subq q12hours
- reduces risk of DVT and pulmonary embolism

Question 17

True/False; hot environments adversely affect patients with brain/spinal cord damage?

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Ancillary drugs for AGE?

Answer 18

• Lidocaine IV
• Limit fluids due to posibility of cerebral edema

Question 19

When must the patient be kept awake?

Answer 19

During O2 periods deeper than 30 FSW