When i was attending fireman school there was a lot of smoke diving. To simulate what happens at high CO2 levels we had to inhale pure CO2 to feel the "intoxication". Many of you might be aware of that it is a nice feeling to have elevated CO2 levels in your system and to be close to blackout.
I am very well aware of that it is not very good to black out, but it was done just to illustrate the feeling. My question is purely theoretical and due to risk of blacking out i would not try or recomend what I now am about to discuss.
Since you can elevate your CO2-levels by inhaling this gas in its pure form (or actually a gas mixture with higher CO2 content than air. We were sitting in a room with high CO2 levels, not Breathing it from a tube) Would it not be a way to train CO2 tolerance by taking a breath of air with high CO2 content and do a static atempt or a apnea walk? Would´nt this simulate a close-to-blackout situation? If you are prepared for this by using this method wouldn´t it be easier to handle this situation if it were to happen during a dive? Like i said before I am not attempting to do this or recomending someone to do it it is just a mind game. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts.
I am very well aware of that it is not very good to black out, but it was done just to illustrate the feeling. My question is purely theoretical and due to risk of blacking out i would not try or recomend what I now am about to discuss.
Since you can elevate your CO2-levels by inhaling this gas in its pure form (or actually a gas mixture with higher CO2 content than air. We were sitting in a room with high CO2 levels, not Breathing it from a tube) Would it not be a way to train CO2 tolerance by taking a breath of air with high CO2 content and do a static atempt or a apnea walk? Would´nt this simulate a close-to-blackout situation? If you are prepared for this by using this method wouldn´t it be easier to handle this situation if it were to happen during a dive? Like i said before I am not attempting to do this or recomending someone to do it it is just a mind game. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts.