Chris Lemons was a saturation diver for 10 years working on oil fields on the North Sea floor. Now, Lemons is a supervisor, who gives instructions to divers and is responsible for keeping them alive.

Decompression sickness is a type of injury that occurs when there’s a rapid decrease in pressure surrounding the body. It usually occurs in deep-sea divers who ascend to the surface too quickly. With ...

Decompression sickness happens when nitrogen that is dissolved in the body under high pressure — for example when diving — forms bubbles when pressure reduces. Key symptoms include joint and muscle ...

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PANAMA CITY — Since Monday, hyperbaric doctor Brad Hickey has been isolated from the outside world. Hickey and five others began a 500-foot descent Monday in the Ocean ...

It is quicker to get someone back from the moon than it is to get a diver back to normal surface pressure from a really deep mission. That is how Technip diving manager Pete Somner underlines the ...

Oct. 8 (UPI) --The Naval Sea Systems Command has approved the Navy's only Saturation Fly Away Diving System for sustained operations up to 30 days. The Saturation Fly Away Diving System, or SATFADS, ...