Michael Mutter
DCS after a single bounce dive
The 46-year-old, healthy diver had undertaken a dive with compressed air to the Ledi wrecks in Lake Walensee with a bottom time of 35...
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Michael Mutter
- 29. Aug.
- 4 Min.
Diving for children
Today, scuba diving is also open to children and various diving organizations offer diving courses for children from the age of 8. In...
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Michael Mutter
- 22. Aug.
- 3 Min.
CCR-prebreathing to check the "scrubber"?
Due to their efficient gas consumption, closed-circuit rebreathers (CCRs) are being used more and more frequently in demanding...
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Michael Mutter
- 15. Aug.
- 2 Min.
Hypoxia awareness training for CCR-divers?
Closed-circuit rebreathers (CCRs) offer longer dive times, lower consumption of (expensive) breathing gas and no emission of air bubbles,...
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Michael Mutter
- 8. Aug.
- 2 Min.
Advantage of premature birth for freediving?
Preterm birth can significantly impair the functional and anatomical development of the respiratory system, especially respiratory...
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Michael Mutter
- 1. Aug.
- 5 Min.
The best diving book 2024
The sinking of HMS Thetis in 1939 on its first test cruise not only claimed the lives of 99 submariners, but also ruthlessly exposed the...
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Michael Mutter
- 27. Juni
- 5 Min.
Analyze your gas!
Last week, a worrying report made the rounds on diving forums: an Italian tech diver discovered helium contaminated with carbon monoxide...
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Michael Mutter
- 20. Juni
- 3 Min.
It's the rig balance, stupid!
With a bit of luck, summer will reach us this year as well. In our latitudes, dives in uncomplicated neoprene outfits instead of dry...
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Michael Mutter
- 6. Juni
- 2 Min.
Pressure equalisation in fresh and saltwater
Middle ear problems often lead to difficulties in pressure equalisation, are the most common reasons why dives are cancelled or aborted,...
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Michael Mutter
- 30. Mai
- 4 Min.
Rebreather-dives on hydrogen
In February 2023, the “Wetmules” diving team performed the world's first rebreather dive with a hydrogen-based gas mixture, Helihydrox...
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Michael Mutter
- 9. Mai
- 4 Min.
IPE during a rebreather-dive
In healthy divers, the occurrence of immersion pulmonary edema (IPE) is usually caused by factors such as exertion and cold water. A case...
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Michael Mutter
- 2. Mai
- 3 Min.
SIPE - unknown but not so rare
If breathing problems occur while diving, the first thing that comes to mind is barotrauma or decompression sickness. A common clinical...
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Michael Mutter
- 25. Apr.
- 4 Min.
Plura cave disaster - the third. Analysis and comment
After 2006 and 2014, another fatal dive happened on April 3 this year in the Norwegian Plura cave system. The cave diver involved was...
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Michael Mutter
- 18. Apr.
- 3 Min.
Plura cave disaster – the third
The Plura cave system in Norway is the deepest cave in Scandinavia and a popular destination for cave divers. In recent years, it has...
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Michael Mutter
- 11. Apr.
- 2 Min.
Microplastics: a threat to the sea and to human health
Plastics have undoubtedly enriched both modern medicine and everyday life, but their ubiquity is now associated with a number of health...
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Michael Mutter
- 4. Apr.
- 2 Min.
The most important dive paper 2023
... or the last few years was already discussed in this blog before publication. Dekoblog has got the details. Venous gas emboli (VGE)...
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Michael Mutter
- 28. März
- 4 Min.
Hay fever and diving
Hay fever is one of the most common allergic diseases. According to the literature, up to 25% of the population in Switzerland are...
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Michael Mutter
- 21. März
- 3 Min.
Full face snorkel masks - too risky?
Full face snorkel masks (FFSM) are becoming increasingly popular, especially among inexperienced "snorkeling tourists", because they...
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Michael Mutter
- 14. März
- 4 Min.
Asthma and diving
After the last spell of winter, nothing stands in the way of the pollen season. Many divers are affected, because according to the Lung...
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Michael Mutter
- 7. März
- 3 Min.
Bubble trouble - insights into the nanoworld
It has been known since the 17th century that decompression triggers the formation of gas bubbles in the organism. On the other hand, it...
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