the bends

[saphire]

how do you get the bends?

[DMWiz]

You can get the bends here

Or you can read about the bends here

[Rainer]

God, I LOVE the bends! When did those guys forget they have guitars (or how to play them)?

[Splitlip]

You will learn about the bends in your basic open water class.'

In a nutshell:
Breathing compressed air (which is unnatural) at depth causes nitrogen ( a gas your body is not used to) to be forced into the your, blood, tissue , muscles and joints, Since this is not "natural" , you must go to the surface slowly to allow the nitrogen to leave viia the blood stream while you breath.

Think of turning the top off a bottle of soda too quickly. the bubbles (in this case CO2) cause the soda to fiz up.
Do it slowly and there is no fizzing.

If you go to the surface too quickly, the nitrogen will expand in your joints and blood causing many problems.

[Axewizard]

Thanx for the explanation on that one. I've tried the "shaking up a coke bottle" explanation, but I'm not sure she got it.

[Splitlip]

Ah, she'll get it. IMO, there is no substitution for Dad.

She must "take her class with some one objective". That is important. But she will "learn" from you.

[navyhmc]

I was going to give the simple answer: Going underwater, staying too long and coming up too fast.

I like the coke bottle demo too...barely remember that from class.

[Splitlip]

Originally Posted by navyhmc

I was going to give the simple answer: Going underwater, staying too long and coming up too fast.

I like the coke bottle demo too...barely remember that from class.

Don't know that they use it anymore.

[DMWiz]

Originally Posted by Splitlip

Don't know that they use it anymore.

All the time...

I forgot who was asking the question and which forum we were in.