SUUNTO Stinger User Manual

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Oxygen partial pressure

Limits the maximum depth to which the used Nitrox mixture

can safely be used. The maximum partial pressure limit for

enriched air diving is 1.4 bar. The contingency partial pressure

limit is 1.6 bar. Dives beyond this limit have the risk for

immediate oxygen toxicity.

PO

2

Abbreviation for oxygen partial pressure.

Suunto RGBM

Abbreviation for Suunto Reduced Gradient Bubble Model.

Suunto Reduced Gradient Bubble Model

Modern algorithm for tracking both dissolved and free gas in

divers.

Repetitive dive

Any dive whose decompression time limits are affected by

residual nitrogen absorbed during previous dives.

Residual nitrogen

The amount of excess nitrogen remaining in a diver after one

or more dives.

Shallow - water blackout (SWB)

An unconscious state divers experience when the brain

becomes deprived of oxygen. SWB frequently happens

without warning, causing death by subsequent drowning.

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