Albert Bühlmann

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Albert A. Bühlmann (born May 16, 1923 , † March 16, 1994 ) was a Swiss physician and professor of medicine. He was best known for his research in the field of diving medicine , especially the decompression theory . He worked at the University of Zurich , where he founded the pressure chamber laboratory in 1960.

At the end of the 1950s, Bühlmann began researching deep diving . He developed decompression tables and models for calculating saturation processes in the human body. These models were the basis for many dive computers . The following decompression models - some of which are still used today - emerged from the research of Albert Bühlmann: ZH-L8, ZHL-12, ZH-L16 and ZH-L17 Today, the decompression models that were created in collaboration with Max Hahn are also known, the so-called Bühlmann-Hahn tables. Most of the newer decompression models that have emerged since then are based on the work of Albert Bühlmann.

Bühlmann also developed gas mixtures with which the diver Hannes Keller in Lake Zurich in November 1959 reached a diving depth of 131 meters. In 1962 he set a record of 313 meters off the Californian island of Santa Catalina , which was only set 13 years later. He was supported in this by the US Navy.

literature

  • Bühlmann, Völlm, Nussberger: Tauchmedizin , Springer Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-540-42979-4

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Chapman: An explanation of Professor AA Buhlmann's ZH-L16 Algorithm. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Professional Diver Training, December 28, 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 12, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / squiplanche.hd.free.fr  
  2. ↑ Robert Hefti and Ernie Völlm: Manual saturation - desaturation. (PDF) (No longer available online.) CMAS.CH, 2005, archived from the original on January 12, 2018 ; accessed on January 12, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fridlidivers.ch
  3. ↑ Christian Wölfel: Diving in a test tube , Taucher Revue , Verein Taucher Tevue 2017, edition: 170, p. 45
personal data
SURNAME Bühlmann, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bühlmann, Albert A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss medic
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1923
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1994