RT Book, Section
A1 Snyder, Brian
A1 Neuman, Tom
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121493927
T1 Diving Disorders
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121493927
RD 2024/04/16
AB Millions  of  recreational,  commercial,  and  scientific  dives  are  logged  annually,  and  the  vast  majority  of  dives  are  completed  without  incident.  However,  there  are  physiologic  effects  and  injuries  relatively  unique  to  the  underwater  environment.  Generally,  these  effects  and  injuries  are  secondary  to  pressure  changes  on  the  submerged  human  body  and  the  breathing  of  compressed  gas.1  This  chapter  outlines  the  most  common  diving  injuries:  barotrauma  of  descent  (otic,  sinus,  and  pulmonary),  barotrauma  of  ascent  (pulmonary  overinflation  syndromes  and  arterial  gas  embolism),  decompression  sickness,  immersion  pulmonary  edema,  oxygen  toxicity,  and  nitrogen  narcosis.