Potential treatment for DCS

[SCUBA411]

I thought long and hard whether to post this here, but I wanted to share the information with everyone who might have an interest in the issue. The US NAVY has provided a couple of grants to a small company that has been developing a Blood Substitute which reportedly is capable of delivering a much higher level of O2 to the Body than real blood. The company's name is Synthetic Blood Internatinal and their stock symbol is SYBD. I recommend that you read up on the company and the progress that has been made by this company in their attempt to get this product to maket. In my opinion this is a product, if succesful will be capable of helping thousands of people each year(it treats much more than DCS) since O2 therapy is used in many treatments. Anyway since our community has a vested interest in the success of this product you may want to do some research on your own.

[acelockco]

Wow,

That sounds crazy! It seems as though it was not intended necessarily for DCS. And to be 100% honest, I don’t think I would want any synthetic blood in my body unless it was the difference between life and death. Really I would rather spend a few extra hours in the chamber than be injected with some synthetic product.

[seasnake]

If this were successfully developed, think of what it would mean for bloodless surgery and for emergency fluid replacement after a trauma. Wow, amazing.

[seasnake]

Go to sybd.com ... under news releases there is a video which in part discusses it's use in dcs prevention and treatment. Says the Navy has invested 3.5 million in research into this!

[SCUBA411]

I learned about it at a Christmas Party from a guy whose son is a Neuro Surgeon. It is really quite impressive and sounds like something out of a sciece fiction movie. If the Double Blind tests are succesful and it makes it to market this stuff is going to be in every ambulance, ER, Field Hospital etc etc.

[acelockco]

Still sounds scary to me, but I am NOT in the medical profession. If you want to know about locks, well I can help you with that.