Diving and Subaquatic Medicine, Fourth edition

Diving - history; basic physics and physiology; free diving - development (physiology and equipment); scuba (physiology and equipment); undersea environments; dysbaric diseases - barotraumas; pulmonary barotrauma; ear barotrauma; sinus barotraumas; other barotraumas; decompression and decompression sickness - history and physiology; pathophysiology; decompression sickness, clinical; decompression sickness, treatment; dysbaric Osteonecrosis; abnormal gas pressures; inert gas narcosis; hypoxia; oxygen Toxicity; carbon dioxide toxicity; other gas contaminents; HPNS; aquatic disorders; the drowning syndromes; drowning; near drowning; treatment of near drowning; salt water asporation syndrome; why divers drown; seasickness; thermal problems and solutions; hypothermia; infections - local; infections - general; trauma from marine creatures; venomous marine animals; fish poisoning; underwater explosions; specific Diving diseases; the ear - anatomy and physiology; investigations; hearing loss; vertigo and disorientation underwater; cardiac problems and the sudden death syndrome; neurological disorders of diving; psychological and neuropsychological disorders; other disorders; carotid sinus syndrome; caustic cocktail; dental disorders; musculoskeletal problems; ocular disorders; pulmonary Oedema; skin reactions; trauma drugs and diving; long term effects of diving; the diving accident; stress responses, panic and fatigue; why divers die - facts and figures; unconsciousness; first aid and emergency treatment; oxygen therapy; investigation of diving accidents; the diving autopsy; medical standards for diving; medical standards for snorkel (breath divers); medical standards for recreational divers; medical standards for commercial divers; asthma; cardiac disease; diabetes; age; diver selection; specialised diving and its problems; female divers; breath hold divers; technical diving; technical diving problems; handicapped divers; occupation groups (Ama, sponge, shell divers, pearl divers, caisson, fish farmers, construction); deep commercial, harbour maintenance, scientific; diving in contaminated waters; deep saturation diving; deep and saturation diving problems; hyperbaric facilities; submarine medicine.