Diving and Subaquatic Medicine
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Diving and Subaquatic Medicine

  1. 865 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

About this book

Considered an essential resource by many in the field, Diving and Subaquatic Medicine remains the leading text on diving medicine, written to fulfil the requirements of any general physician wishing to advise their patients appropriately when a diving trip is planned, for those accompanying diving expeditions or when a doctor is required to assess

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Authors
  3. Contents
  4. List of abbreviations
  5. Preface and excerpts from earlier editions
  6. Dedication
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 1: History of diving
  9. Chapter 2: Physics and physiology
  10. Chapter 3: Free diving
  11. Chapter 4: Diving equipment
  12. Chapter 5: Undersea environments
  13. Chapter 6: Pulmonary barotrauma
  14. Chapter 7: Ear barotrauma
  15. Chapter 8: Sinus barotrauma
  16. Chapter 9: Other barotraumas
  17. Chapter 10: Decompression sickness: pathophysiology
  18. Chapter 11: Decompression sickness: manifestations
  19. Chapter 12: Decompression sickness: prevention
  20. Chapter 13: Decompression sickness: treatment
  21. Chapter 14: Dysbaric osteonecrosis
  22. Chapter 15: Inert gas narcosis
  23. Chapter 16: Hypoxia
  24. Chapter 17: Oxygen toxicity
  25. Chapter 18: Carbon dioxide toxicity
  26. Chapter 19: Breathing gas preparation and contamination
  27. Chapter 20: High-pressure neurological syndrome
  28. Chapter 21: Drowning
  29. Chapter 22: Pathophysiological and clinical features of drowning
  30. Chapter 23: The management of drowning
  31. Chapter 24: Salt water aspiration syndrome
  32. Chapter 25: Why divers drown
  33. Chapter 26: Seasickness (motion sickness)
  34. Chapter 27: Thermal problems and solutions
  35. Chapter 28: Cold and hypothermia
  36. Chapter 29: Infections
  37. Chapter 30: Scuba divers’ pulmonary oedema
  38. Chapter 31: Trauma from marine creatures
  39. Chapter 32: Venomous marine animals*
  40. Chapter 33: Fish poisoning
  41. Chapter 34: Underwater explosions
  42. Chapter 35: The ear and diving: anatomy and physiology
  43. Chapter 36: The ear and diving: investigations
  44. Chapter 37: The ear and diving: hearing loss
  45. Chapter 38: The ear and diving: vertigo and disorientation
  46. Chapter 39: Cardiac problems and sudden death
  47. Chapter 40: Neurological disorders of diving
  48. Chapter 41: Psychological and neuropsychological disorders
  49. Chapter 42: Miscellaneous disorders
  50. Chapter 43: Drugs and diving
  51. Chapter 44: Long-term effects of diving
  52. Chapter 45: Stress responses, panic and fatigue
  53. Chapter 46: Why divers die: the facts and figures
  54. Chapter 47: Unconsciousness
  55. Chapter 48: First aid and emergency treatment
  56. Chapter 49: Oxygen therapy
  57. Chapter 50: Investigation of diving accidents
  58. Chapter 51: Investigation of diving fatalities
  59. Chapter 52: Medical standards for snorkel divers
  60. Chapter 53: Medical standards for recreational divers
  61. Chapter 54: Medical standards for commercial divers
  62. Chapter 55: Asthma
  63. Chapter 56: Cardiac and peripheral vascular disease
  64. Chapter 57: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
  65. Chapter 58: Age and diving
  66. Chapter 59: Diver selection
  67. Chapter 60: Female divers
  68. Chapter 61: Breath-hold diving
  69. Chapter 62: Technical diving
  70. Chapter 63: Divers with disabilities
  71. Chapter 64: Submarine medicine
  72. Chapter 65: Occupational groups
  73. Chapter 66: Diving in contaminated water
  74. Chapter 67: Deep and saturation diving
  75. Chapter 68: Hyperbaric equipment
  76. Chapter 69: Hyperbaric medicine
  77. Appendix A: Decompression tables
  78. Appendix B: US Navy recompression therapy tables
  79. Appendix C: Recompression therapy options
  80. Appendix D: Diving medical library
  81. Appendix E: Diving medical training
  82. Appendix F: Diving medical organizations and contacts
  83. Back Cover