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Diving with Nitrox – What You Don’t Know

Posted on July 25, 2019 by saul
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I thought about calling this post “The Pros and Cons of Diving with Nitrox”, but there aren’t really a lot of “cons” other than the ones you’re already familiar with, cost and convenience:  The time and cost associated with getting … Continue reading →

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The Significance of DCS Probability on a Single Dive Profile

Posted on May 10, 2019 by saul
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If you consider only your risk of getting decompression sickness on any single dive, you might wonder whether it really matters (within reason) what risk level you choose.  What’s wrong with choosing a dive profile where the risk of decompression … Continue reading →

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The Saul Dive Planner : Questions Answered

Posted on May 9, 2019 by saul
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A comment by Craig on the Saul dive planner raised issues that may be of general interest, and merit a somewhat detailed answer, so here it is. Thanks for posting the planner, interesting to try out. I could not get … Continue reading →

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SAUL – A PROBABILISTIC DIVE PLANNER

Posted on March 10, 2019 by saul
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The SAUL Dive Planner is Here The SAUL dive planner is the first probabilistic dive planner available.  Deciding how to structure it took some time but, in the end, after considering more complex set-ups, I decided to keep the dive … Continue reading →

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Probability in Relation to “The Bends” – Changing the Way We Think About Dive Safety

Posted on April 10, 2018 by saul
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One of the features I’ve been emphasizing about the SAUL algorithm (besides its greater accuracy), is that it allows the diver to choose a level of risk that he/she feels is appropriate.   Since this is quite different from the way … Continue reading →

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On Planning a SAUL Dive Planner

Posted on December 10, 2017 by saul
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Okay, I’m finally ready to start working on the long-delayed SAUL dive planner. As I mentioned briefly in an earlier post, I had been working on a book with two other authors – one of them a math/physics/chemistry type like … Continue reading →

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More About The SAUL Decompression Algorithm

Posted on February 17, 2016 by saul
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As some of you may be aware, the Inter-connected Compartment Model (ICM) described in my published journal article now goes by the name of “SAUL”.  This is not entirely, or even primarily, an ego trip.  Rather, it’s an attempt to … Continue reading →

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SAUL and Decompression Dives

Posted on December 1, 2015 by saul
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How does Saul handle decompression dives or dives that overstay the allowable no-decompression limit (for the chosen level of probability of DCS) ?  I haven’t previously been discussing decompression because I’ve been focussing on recreational diving.  Recreational diving and decompression … Continue reading →

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ON GETTING SAUL INTO DIVE COMPUTERS

Posted on July 6, 2015 by saul
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A recent comment on my The Doctor is In Part IV blog post, followed by a more detailed letter to me raised some issues that need to be addressed.  The comment read as follows: SAUL sounds like a giant leap … Continue reading →

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Decompression Sickness in Breath-Hold Diving

Posted on April 28, 2015 by saul
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Decompression sickness is not just a worry for scuba divers – some “free” or “breath-hold” divers also suffer from it occasionally.  This could come as a surprise to you, if you had previously taken for granted that you have to … Continue reading →

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