Narcosis used in a sentence

Narcosis in a sentence as a noun

I've usually heard nitrogen narcosis referred to as "rapture of the deep"

Your other comments about narcosis are sheer nonsense, completely off base.

In France, you're allowed breathe air down to 60m. Most people commonly breathe air down to 40/50m, or did so recently enough.> Your other comments about narcosis are sheer nonsense, completely off base.

Actually, nitrogen is what causes the bends as well as nitrogen narcosis, making it toxic under pressure.

You may feel the narcosis at varying depths, depending upon the temperature, your fatigue and some other parameters.

What you subjectively "feel" about narcosis has little relevance to what's actually happening in your body or how impaired you are.

Much of the differential narcosis effect is actually due to carbon dioxide rather than nitrogen.

I’ll admit I haven’t gotten that far in my diving certs yet, but isn’t the point of Heliox so that you can have less than 21% O2 at high depths to avoid narcosis and a fatal ppO2?

It's a good idea to keep a table and a wrist calculator when scuba diving anyway, in case you're subject to nitrogen narcosis, which makes you really stupid.

The immediate concerns would be narcosis and hypercapnia.

I believe it is usually given in order to minimize pain, alongside a real sedative like midazolam before narcosis.

As for your comment about feeling "stoned" the first time diving after a break you seem to be implying that divers can somehow adapt to narcosis over time, which of course is completely wrong.

Interesting, is there any research to support this?If CO2 is a major contributor to narcosis wouldn't breathing heavier help alleviate it since you are exhaling more CO2?

Humans experience nitrogen narcosis and oxygen toxicity just from breathing regular air and need special mixtures, fish need special biology to cope.

Your body is primarily water so no pressure suit is necessary, but gas narcosis, high pressure neurological syndrome, and oxygen toxicity are all serious issues.

Herbert Nitsch is able to dive over 350 feet deep essentially unaided, and has gone to over 830 feet in what they call a "no limits" attempt, in which weights and fins are allowed, and weight can be dropped to aid in the ascent, although he did suffer from nitrogen narcosis and needed to spend some time in a decompression chamber [0].