Preface | p. ix |
Preface (Excerpts from earlier Editions) | p. x |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Diving | |
History of diving | p. 1 |
Physics and physiology | p. 11 |
Free diving | p. 23 |
Diving equipment | p. 33 |
Undersea environments | p. 47 |
Dysbaric Diseases | |
Barotraumas | |
Pulmonary barotrauma | p. 55 |
Ear barotrauma | p. 73 |
Sinus barotrauma | p. 93 |
Other barotrauma | p. 103 |
Decompression Sickness | |
Decompression sickness: history and physiology | p. 111 |
Decompression sickness: pathophysiology | p. 131 |
Decompression sickness: clinical | p. 137 |
Decompression sickness: treatment | p. 151 |
Dysbaric osteonecrosis | p. 167 |
Abnormal Gas Pressures | |
Inert gas narcosis | p. 183 |
Hypoxia | p. 195 |
Oxygen toxicity | p. 207 |
Carbon dioxide toxicity | p. 223 |
Breathing gas contamination | p. 233 |
High-pressure neurological syndrome | p. 243 |
Aquatic Disorders | |
The Drowning Syndromes | |
Drowning syndromes: drowning | p. 249 |
Drowing syndromes: near-drowning | p. 257 |
Drowning syndromes: the management of near-drowning | p. 263 |
Drowning syndromes: saltwater aspiration syndrome | p. 273 |
Drowning syndromes: why divers drown | p. 277 |
Seasickness (motion sickness) | p. 285 |
Thermal problems and solutions | p. 289 |
Cold and hypothermia | p. 293 |
Local infections | p. 305 |
General infections | p. 317 |
Trauma from marine creatures | p. 325 |
Venomous marine animals | p. 335 |
Fish poisoning | p. 353 |
Underwater explosions | p. 359 |
Specific Diving Diseases | |
The Ear and Diving | |
The ear and diving: anatomy and physiology | p. 365 |
The ear and diving: investigations | p. 371 |
The ear and diving: hearing loss | p. 379 |
The ear and diving: vertigo and disorientation | p. 385 |
Cardiac problems and sudden death | p. 399 |
Neurological disorders of diving | p. 409 |
Psychological and neuropsychological disorders | p. 417 |
Miscellaneous Disorders | p. 433 |
Carotid sinus syndrome | |
Caustic cocktail | |
Cold urticaria | |
Dental disorders | |
Hyperthermia | |
Musculoskeletal problems | |
Ocular disorders | |
Pulmonary oedema and dyspnoea | |
Skin reactions to equipment | |
Trauma | |
Drugs and diving | p. 445 |
Long-term effects of diving | p. 457 |
The Diving Accident | |
Stress responses, panic and fatigue | p. 465 |
Why divers die: the facts and figures | p. 473 |
Unconsciousness | p. 491 |
First aid and emergency treatment | p. 497 |
Oxygen therapy | p. 503 |
Investigation of diving accidents: equipment | p. 511 |
Investigation of diving fatalities | p. 517 |
Medical Standards for Diving | |
Medical standards for snorkel divers | p. 531 |
Medical standards for recreational divers | p. 533 |
Medical standards for commercial divers | p. 553 |
Asthma | p. 559 |
Cardiac disease | p. 575 |
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | |
The pros | |
The cons | p. 581 |
Age and diving | p. 597 |
Diver selection | p. 603 |
Specialized Diving and Its Problems | |
Female divers | p. 607 |
Breath-hold diving | p. 615 |
Technical diving | p. 619 |
Technical diving problems | p. 625 |
Handicapped divers | p. 635 |
Occupational groups | p. 639 |
Diving in contaminated water | p. 645 |
Deep and saturation diving | p. 647 |
Deep and saturation diving problems | p. 653 |
Hyperbaric equipment | p. 657 |
Submarine medicine | p. 665 |
Appendices | |
Decompression Tables. BSAC (UK), US Navy, NOAA, DCIEM (Canadian) | p. 671 |
Recompression Therapy Tables, US Navy | p. 687 |
Recompression Therapy Options, COMEX, Australian, Duke | p. 695 |
Diving Medical Library | p. 699 |
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