Pinpoint Precision: Beating The Bends

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

178

Date Released

1976

Length of issue (in feet)

523

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Hitting the core of a problem with pinpoint precision can mean a whole new order of efficiency - or even new life-saving possibilities. One of the biggest hazards for divers is the condition known as "the bends". A small device strapped to a diver’s chest during decompression can for the first time, give instant warning of the onset of "the bends". It pinpoints the formation in the blood of the tiny air bubbles that are, normally, the invisible start of the condition.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Swimming; Safety devices; Marine

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/178

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Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Peter Greenaway
Editor: Peter Greenaway

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