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Facial Immersion in Warm Water

The document discusses the diving response, a protective physiological reaction that occurs in mammals including humans in response to water submersion. It causes bradycardia, apnea, and increased peripheral vascular resistance, redistributing blood to vital organs while limiting oxygen consumption by non-essential muscles to conserve oxygen stores.

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Facial Immersion in Warm Water

The document discusses the diving response, a protective physiological reaction that occurs in mammals including humans in response to water submersion. It causes bradycardia, apnea, and increased peripheral vascular resistance, redistributing blood to vital organs while limiting oxygen consumption by non-essential muscles to conserve oxygen stores.

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Facial immersion in warm water (Maneuver 2) resulted in the decrease of cardiovascular variables such

as SV, CO, and TPR while an increase in SBP, DBP, MAP, and HR was demonstrated. Breath holding in air,
on the contrary, showed a

remarkable behavior that overrides basic homeostatic reflexes.

diving response is a protective, multifaceted physiologic reaction that occurs in mammals including
humans in response to water submersion. The dive reflex is believed to aid in the conservation of
oxygen stores in mammals by initiating several specific physiologic changes during aquatic immersion. 
When a human holds their breath and submerges in water, the face and nose become wet which in turn
causes bradycardia, apnea, and increased peripheral vascular resistance; these three main physiologic
changes are collectively referred to as the diving reflex. The cause of increased peripheral resistance is
thought to redistribute blood to the vital organs while limiting oxygen consumption by non-essential
muscle groups.  In addition to vascular resistance, bradycardia is initiated to decrease the work of the
heart and further limit unnecessary oxygen consumption. Overall, the dive reflex is an innate multi-
system physiologic response present in all vertebrates that functions to preserve oxygen stores during
times of water immersion.

The diving response is a defensive, multifaceted physiologic response that overrides basic hoemostatic
reflexes that occurs in animals, including humans, in response to submersion in water The diving reflex
is thought to help animals conserve oxygen resources by inducing many distinct physiologic changes
during aquatic immersion.

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