Divers are at risk for a particular set of maladies that are generally caused by rapid changes in pressure. These include decompression sickness (DCS,) commonly known as the bends , and air (or gas) ...

In January, the carrier George H. W. Bush deployed from its Norfolk, Virginia, homeport with a new piece of gear aboard: a transportable recompression chamber, traditionally used to treat Navy divers ...

WHAT’S this chequered spaceship-like object that’s about to appear on the shores of the Patawalonga River? It played an important part in SA’s scientific and marine history. It was built by geologist ...

From KTOO: It's back to the 1970s for Southeast Alaska scuba divers. Anyone who requires emergency treatment in a hyperbaric chamber will have to wait for a flight to Anchorage or Seattle. Bartlett ...

Although Visit Pensacola promotes the Oriskany dive site, it does not warn divers about the region's lack of hyperbaric chambers to treat decompression sickness, the local tourism promotion agency ...

SOUTHPORT, NC (WECT) - David Flory is an avid runner, lacing up and hitting the road several times a week. He's in great health today, but a cancer diagnosis in 2003 means he takes nothing for granted ...

Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center and Brooke Army Medical Center hyperbaric team treated three intubated civilian patients with severe carbon monoxide poisoning from Port Arthur, Texas ...

This story has been updated to correct a mistake that appeared in the original story. The story incorrectly stated a student from the University of West Florida's Underwater Archaeology program had ...