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dives deeper than 90 feet (27.5 meters), or decompression dives. PRODIGY
decompression predictions are therefore based on U.S. Navy theory due to
the present unavailability of statistical data. Therefore, pay special attention
to the following warnings.
WARNING – Oceanic advocates responsible diving practices and
does not recommend decompression diving or diving below 130
feet (40 meters). The decompression capabilities of the PRODIGY
are intended strictly for emergency use. Decompression diving is
inherently hazardous and greatly increases your risk of decompres-
sion sickness - even when performed according to the computer's
calculations. In the event that you must make an emergency
decompression dive, you must not make another dive for at least 24
(twenty-four) hours.
WARNING – Using the PRODIGY, just as using the U.S. Navy (or
other) No-decompression Tables, is no guarantee of avoiding
decompression sickness, i.e. “the bends.”
Fig. 34 – As one tissue recedes,
another increases with the
maximum reading being the
only one displayed
NO. OF
SEGMENTS
TISSUE
HALF–TIME
DISPLAY AS SEEN BY DIVER
40
20
15
v
15^
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