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Rephrasing: what are risks (beyond barotrauma) of being in high pco2 atmosphere at 2.4 ata? presumably pco2 diffuses as o2 would in hbot? dangers?
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Breathing into a bag: This could be like breathing into a bag, your expired co2 is much higher than the atmosphere, but at high atmosphere pressure you could possible get neuro effects or a heart arrythmia from respiratory acidosis.
Answered 11/28/2017
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Seizure: Risk of o2 convulsion increases with increased pco2.
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