Decompression has several meanings, some of which are covered by several articles: Data decompression, the action of reversing data compression Decompression...

or fail to pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as explosive, rapid, or slow: Explosive decompression (ED) is violent and too fast for air...

bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can...

To prevent or minimize decompression sickness, divers must properly plan and monitor decompression. Divers follow a decompression model to safely allow...

ambient pressures. Decompression obligation for a given dive profile must be calculated and monitored to ensure that the risk of decompression sickness is controlled...

of long decompressions underwater, in cold or dangerous conditions. A decompression chamber may be used with a closed bell for decompression after bounce...

continuous no-stop ascent. Decompression may be continuous or staged. A staged decompression ascent is interrupted by decompression stops at calculated depth...

saturation decompression. Application of a bubble model in 1985 allowed successful modelling of conventional decompressions, altitude decompression, no-stop...

A dive computer, personal decompression computer or decompression meter is a device used by an underwater diver to measure the elapsed time and depth...

conservative decompression schedule the risk of decompression sickness is significantly reduced, and the total time spent decompressing is minimised....