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JJS wrote:
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From what I've gleaned from the discussion I still wouldn't consider nitrogen poisoning a true "poisoning". I can't
really say I'd consider it suffocation either, at least as I previously viewed suffocation.

I think the proper term is asphyxiation.

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JJS wrote:
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From what I've gleaned from the discussion I still wouldn't consider nitrogen poisoning a true "poisoning". I
can't
really say I'd consider it suffocation either, at least as I previously viewed suffocation.

I think the proper term is asphyxiation.

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FF

You may be right but most of the on line dictionaries I looked at said something similar to:
Noun 1. asphyxiation - the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
Synonyms: suffocation

I'm thinking that a reverse oxygen - carbon dioxide exchange is more insidious than ordinary suffocation. Perhaps
there is a medical term for this or maybe we need to invent a new one?

Joe Schneider
N8437R



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JJS wrote:
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JJS wrote:
...

From what I've gleaned from the discussion I still wouldn't consider nitrogen poisoning a true "poisoning". I
can't
really say I'd consider it suffocation either, at least as I previously viewed suffocation.

I think the proper term is asphyxiation.

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FF

You may be right but most of the on line dictionaries I looked at said something similar to:
Noun 1. asphyxiation - the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
Synonyms: suffocation

That is basicly what we are talking about, being deprived of oxygen.


I'm thinking that a reverse oxygen - carbon dioxide exchange is more insidious than ordinary suffocation. Perhaps
there is a medical term for this or maybe we need to invent a new one?


I think divers have a term for a similar phenomenum, _shallow water
blackout_.

http://www.freedive.net/chapters/SWB3.html

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FF

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I think divers have a term for a similar phenomenum, _shallow water
blackout_.

http://www.freedive.net/chapters/SWB3.html

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FF

Very interesting! Thanks Fredfighter.



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" I think divers have a term for a similar phenomenum, _shallow water
blackout_.

Very interesting! Thanks Fredfighter.

Yes, thanks, I think.

I sometimes think that it is a miracle that I didn't manage to kill myself,
one way or the other, while growing up.

I spent a lot of time in pools and lakes as a kid, and was quite good at
spending large periods of time underwater, holding my breath. Sometimes it
was competing for swiming the greatest distance underwater. Sometimes it
was working on building stuff, like weighing down a plastic barrel upside
down, so we could swim under it, and hang out in the pocket of trapped air.

I was appauled to read about the symptoms I oftened experienced, and how
close I (and my buddies) came to doing serious harm. Wow!
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Jim in NC