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Setting up the HI Chamber at the IRC

2017

Nov 29

A diving medical technician stands next to a hyperbaric chamber

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Jason Leonard/NOAA

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NOAA Diver Stephen Matadobra setting up the hyperbaric chamber, which is normally used aboard NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai, at the Inouye Regional Center.

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Diver, Medical, Safety

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Hyperbaric Chamber

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Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center

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