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Hypoxya:
Histotoxic hypoxia: Cause by drugs
Anemic hypoxia: Caused by smoking cigarettes
Hypoxic Hypoxia: Reduced partial oxygen pressure in the lung
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Symptoms:
-Bends (joints) - Bubbles in the joints cause rheumatic-like pains called the bends.
(descompression sickness)
-Skin (creeps) - Nitrogen bubbles released under the skin causes the creeps when the
sufferer feels that a small company colony of ants are crawling over or just under the skin
-Chokes (respiratory system) - Nitrogen bubbles may get caught in the capillaries of the
lungs blocking the pulmonary blood flow. This leads to serious shortness of breath.
-Staggers (brain) - The bubbles effect the blood supply to the brain and the nervous
system. This effect is known as the staggers.
-Depends on the:
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Atmosphere gases:
78% Nitrogen
21% Oxygen
0,03 Carbon Dioxide
Rest rare gases
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Sleep regulation
Elevated sleep drive
Sleep desynchronisation
Sleep inertia
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James Reason types of errors