Rebreather divers’ responses to hyperalkaline hydroxide ingestion and aspiration (‘caustic cocktail’) events

Introduction/Background: Rebreathers recycle exhaled air using soda-lime scrubber material to remove carbon-dioxide and injecting oxygen into the normally closed breathing loop. When water enters the system, it generates a hyperalkaline hydroxide solution, commonly known as a “caustic cocktail”. Un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dong, Grant, Rhiannon, Brenner, Buzzacott, Peter, Tillmans, Frauke
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87848