The inhospitable conditions and varied scenarios under which diving personnel operate, increase the likelihood that safe diving practices cannot always be maintained. Special Operations often require personnel to travel to remote destinations with only minimal equipment and resources.

Divers returning to the surface, who have been exposed to increased ambient pressures may experience Decompression Sickness (DCS), and a lack of staged decompression stops may also cause Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE).

The presence of a Hyperlite at the surface provides immediate first aid to solve diving and decompression related injuries, especially in remote locations. This adds to the confidence of those under pressure. This versatile and extremely compact system with its capability for quick deployment, and early transport under pressure, when available and necessary, has saved many lives where previously personnel, if not treated quickly, would likely face imminent death.

Scenarios also include submarine escape and rescue, where submariners returning to the surface are likely to be suffering from DCS or AGE and will require immediate on-scene recompression and where the need arises to fly immediately following a dive, make it an invaluable item for first response in such circumstances.