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Decompression Sickness

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Past experience has indicated that astronauts may be exposed to a risk of decompression sickness during extravehicular operations which require decompression from an atmosphere containing an inert gas. This will also be the case following an emergency or accidental decompression of an atmosphere containing inert gas to an ambient pressure at which death does not immediately result from acute hypoxia (Chapter 1) or the combined effects of acute hypoxia and ebullism (Chapter 2).

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