European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sum Fay april 7, aids decompression sickness victims of flight can Bounce pilots Back to health by join Krueger staff write Wiesbaden is there Are More  and Downs possible at one Center on Wiesbaden air base than at a whole Chain of trampoline  site is the Home of the 18th physiological training flight part of Safe aeromedical services and commanded by maj. Harold  flight has added an air Force decompression chamber to furnishing that already included an Altitude Cham Ber and an ejector training  simulated Heights of up to 100, 000 feet in the Altitude chamber the flight can now take you Down to under water Depths of 60 feet where the absolute pressure is 45 pounds per Square Inch three times that found at sea level. But the purpose of the new chamber is strictly therapeutic to treat individuals suffering from decompression sick Ness Aero embolism caused by nitrogen bubbles being released in the blood Stream by too rapid decrease of air pressure. The bubbles collect in the body tissues cutting off the oxygen Supply and Caus a St photos by Scott Gates ing nausea vomiting dizziness pain inthe joints and Abdomen paralysis and other neural Gocial symptoms. Recent statistics have shown 62 Suchin flight incidents of Aero embolism among . Air Force pilots in a , the air Force Chambers have served such emergencies As off duty scuba divers who have surfaced too quickly. However since the decompression chamber became operational Here in january no cases have come in fro throughout Safe including the next door Altitude  the decompression chamber the pressure on the body is slowly raised squeezing out of existence the bub Bles. Air is pumped in from storage tanks to create the pressure. It can take As Long As two hours to return a victim slowly Back to Normal atmospheric conditions alternating Ona breathing diet of pure oxygen and a mixture of Normal atmospheric gases to restore body fluids to Normal. The cylindrical 12-foot-Long chamber of aluminium Alloy can hold up to four men in its narrow five foot diameter main compartment. The physician attendant and patient enter Flost into a lock Section woh Ospital Burgl Cal Liu Tiit the lock is to As an elevator to bring occupant Down to the treatment pressure level of the main chamber which the then enter. Porthole observation windows allow constant visual surveillance from the outside by operators and other attend ants. The flight always has a five Man Tea standing by. There Are five such teams running through different training prob lems every week. And once a month each Man goes Down himself to at least30 feet. As another facet of its facilities the flight repairs and maintains pressure suns used at Rhein main air base. The suits Are inflated to test for leaks. Hel mets must also be air tight and Zipper must be kept in Good working order. It i la 1k to mrw at -4 test sgt. Calvin Sharey left checks blood pressure of sgt. Gary Starin in decompression chamber demonstration. At right Shurey emerges from chamber. Checkout t. Sgt. Douglas Kruger checks out inflated pressure suit. Europe chaplains plan passover ceremonies Heidelberg special the jewish festival of passover will be celebrated worldwide from Sunset april 12 through Sundown april 14, arid from Sunset april18 through Sundown april 20. In Europe passover Sedaris ritual suppers will be held by army and air Force chaplains Iberlin England Frankfurt Heid Elberg Italy Kaiserslautern Munich Nuernberg Ramstein Stuttgart Wiesbaden and Ankara Turkey chaplains reported. Usa eur circular 165-27 feb. 13, 88 governs pass and leave policy for jewish personnel wishing to observe the holy Days. Jewish personnel should Contact cd Lessee Heady for scuba classes Garmisch Germany Spe Cial vacationing servicemen wanting to take a plunge and see what it s All about under the sur face have made learn to scuba dive weeks a popular attraction at the Chi Emsee recreation area. The second annual pro Gram open to All authorised .forces personnel is scheduled to Start july 15.five learn to scuba dive weeks Are scheduled during the 1968 season each 5-Day course i limited to classes consisting of eight persons on a first come first served basis. Included in the $40 base Price for the course Are Complete use of diving equip ment and 50 hours of accelerated instruction. Classes begin with a swimming test and follow with u thorough familiarization of the skin diver apparatus. Each student must Check out a duffle bag full of equipment wet suit swim fins air tanks Musk and snorkel before he is ready to take to the water. English speaking German instructors who Are certified by the German sports Academy will conduct the classes. They will teach the student proper care of equipment techniques of underwater  class is also closely supervised by certified life guards. Working with the instructors they will help Correct each Stu Dent As he progresses with his diving technique. For reservations and addition Al information about the second annual scuba weeks inquiries should be addressed to the c h i e m s o e recreation Aroa attn learn to scuba dive weeks Apo 00108. The sched ule july 15-10, 22-26 july 28 aug. 2 aug. 5-9, 12-16. Their chaplains for billeting and Sedaris reservations. Further information May be obtained from Usa eur jew ish chaplain it. Col Jack Ostrovsky at the Mark Twain Vil Lage Chapel Here. His phone i Heidelberg military 8927. Passover commemorates the struggles of the Early israelite for Freedom from slavery an their redemption from egyptian bondage in the Days of pharaoh. Harrison to take reins of 6th Nataf on May 1 Washington is . Bertram c. Harrison director of manpower and Organiza Tion for the air Force will take command of the 8th Allied tac tical air Force at Izmir Turkey May 1, the air Force announced. Harrison was a bomber Pilot inthe Mediterranean and China Burma India Heaters in world War u and later was with the initial group of airmen who too part in the Berlin Airlift. He spent seven years with the strategic a i r command us a commander or Deputy com Mander of groups wings or air divisions