Diving medicine: Contemporary topics and their controversies

SCUBA diving is a popular recreational sport. Although serious injuries occur infrequently, when they do knowledge of diving medicine and/or where to obtain appropriate consultation is essential. The emergency physician is likely to be the first physician contact the injured diver has. We discuss 8...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2001-05, Vol.19 (3), p.232-238
Main Authors: Strauss, Michael B., Borer, Robert C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletic Injuries
Barotrauma - etiology
Barotrauma - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
decompression sickness
Decompression Sickness - etiology
Decompression Sickness - therapy
diver fitness
Diving - injuries
Diving - physiology
diving equipment
diving medicine
Embolism, Air - etiology
Embolism, Air - therapy
Emergencies
Humans
hyperbaric oxygen recompression
Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Medical sciences
Physical Fitness
Risk Factors
SCUBA diving
Sports Medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Transport. Aerospace. Diving. Altitude
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:SCUBA diving is a popular recreational sport. Although serious injuries occur infrequently, when they do knowledge of diving medicine and/or where to obtain appropriate consultation is essential. The emergency physician is likely to be the first physician contact the injured diver has. We discuss 8 subjects in diving medicine which are contemporary, yet may have controversies associated with them. From this information the physician dealing primarily with the injured diver will have a basis for understanding and managing, as well as where to find additional help, for his/her patients' diving injuries.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1053/ajem.2001.22654