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2. Rebreather diving - Wikipedia

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   Rebreather diving is practiced by recreational, military and scientific divers in applications where it has advantages over open circuit scuba, and surface supply of breathing gas is impracticable. The main advantages of rebreather diving are extended gas endurance, low noise levels, and lack of bubbles. [ 1 ]

3. Technical diving - Wikipedia

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   Technical diver during a decompression stop. There is some professional disagreement as to what exactly technical diving encompasses. [9] [10] [11] Nitrox diving and rebreather diving were originally considered technical, but this is no longer universally the case as several certification agencies now offer Recreational Nitrox and recreational rebreather training and certification.

4. Scuba gas management - Wikipedia

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   Rebreather diver with bailout and decompression cylinders. Scuba gas management is the aspect of scuba diving which includes the gas planning, blending, filling, analysing, marking, storage, and transportation of gas cylinders for a dive, the monitoring and switching of breathing gases during a dive, efficient and correct use of the gas, and the provision of emergency gas to another member of ...

5. International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers

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   The International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD) is a scuba diving organization concerned with certification and training in recreational diving, technical diving, cave diving, wreck diving, rebreather diving and diver leadership. Originally formed as the International Association of Nitrox Divers in 1985 by Dick Rutkowski ...

6. Momsen lung - Wikipedia

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   Momsen lungs on display on USS Drum. The Momsen lung was a primitive underwater rebreather used before and during World War II by American submariners as emergency escape gear. It was invented by Charles Momsen, who worked on it from 1929 to 1932. [1] Submariners trained with this apparatus in an 80 ft (24 m) deep Escape Training Tank at New ...

7. Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit - Wikipedia

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   Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit. The Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit (LARU) is an early model of closed circuit oxygen rebreather used by military frogmen. Christian J. Lambertsen designed a series of them in the US in 1940 (patent filing date: 16 Dec 1940) and in 1944 (issue date: 2 May 1944). [1]