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Apnea Diving

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Apnea Diving

Physical limitations

  • Gas storage
  • Tolerance to asphyxia
  • Metabolic rate

Gas storage

  • Lung volume
  • Blood storage
  • Body tissue storage

Tolerance to asphyxia

  • Hypoxia
  • Hypercapnia
  • Acidosis

Metabolic rate

  • Diving response
  • Meditatio
  • Fasting?
  • Feasting?

Static apnea

Dynamic apnea

Photo by jayhem

Deep diving

Photo by Ben eBaker

How far can we go?