Level 5 · Review / guideline / expert opinion
UHMS-approved
Emergency
Diving
Bottom line
Clinical reference for USN TT6 — definitive emergency treatment for Type I/II DCS and arterial gas embolism.
Outcome
US Navy Treatment Table 6 (2.8 ATA, O2 with air breaks, 4h 45min) remains the gold-standard recompression protocol.
Conditions studied
- Decompression Sickness — Standard of care — Universal
Full citation
Moon RE. Treatment of Decompression Illness. Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.ehbc.2014.09.001.
Related studies
- Tenth European Consensus Conference on Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM) (2017, Level 5)
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications, 15th Edition (UHMS) (2023, Level 5)
- Model of CNS Oxygen Toxicity in Extreme Hyperoxia (2019, Level 5)