What Are the Bends in Scuba Diving? What are the bends in scuba diving? We explain the causes, symptoms, and how to prevent and treat the bends (decompression sickness).
What to Do if You Think Your Dive Buddy Has The Bends DCS occurs when nitrogen absorbed into the blood at depth forms bubbles in body tissues and/or the blood stream.
It Happened to Me: Decompression Sickness / The Bends These scenarios are based on real-life diving incidents documented by Divers Alert Network (DAN).
