Section X
Safety Information
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and numbness. Some of these symptoms are similar to hyp-
oxia. The only known remedy for decompression sickness is
recompression, which can only be accomplished in an
unpressurized airplane by descending. The pilot should
immediately descend if it is suspected that this condition
exists, since the effects will only worsen with continued
exposure to the reduced pressure environment at altitude
and could result, if uncorrected,
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complete incapacitation.
The possibility of decompression sickness can be greatly
reduced by pre-breathing oxygen prior to flight and by com-
mencing oxygen breathing well below the altitudes where it
is legally mandatory.
10-62 May, 1994
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