Diving Medicine

Dr Olaf Rusoke-Dierich studied medicine in Munich and Berlin. After graduating in 1998, he spent 3 years in hyperbaric medicine and 1 year as a doctor for drug rehabilitation program. He completed his PhD in Munich, Germany and practiced for 4 years in an emergency medicine service, 4 years training and completion of fellowship of general practitioner, 2 years of work as general and 3 years working as contractor for the Australian Defence Force (General Medicine/Occupational Medicine)

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Abbreviations.- 1. Diving History.- 2. Basic Diving Equipment.- 3. Scuba Diving.- 4. Dive Tables and Dive Computers.- 5. Tech-Diving.- 6. Composition of the Normal Air- 7. Pressur.- 8. Physical Behaviour of Gas.- 9. Decompression Theory.- 10. Bubble Flow.- 11. Archimedes' Principle.- 12. Optical and Acoustic Changes Underwater.- 13. Thermal Conductivity.- 14. Conversion Tables for Physical Units.- 15. Cardiovascular System.- 16. Respiration.- 17. Nervous System.- 18. Sensory Organs.- 19. Energy Balance.- 20. Nutrition.- 21. Temperature Regulation.- 22. Acid-Base Balance.- 23. Barotrauma.- 24. Decompression Illness (DCI).- 25. Oxygen window.- 26. Intoxication of Breathing Gases During Diving.- 27. Apnoe Diving.- 28. Damage Caused by External Factors.- 29. Venemous and Dangerous Animals of the Sea.- 30. Assessment for Diving Fitness for Recreational Divers.- 31. First Aid.- 32. Travel Medicine.

"For most occupational health physicians (OHPs) it is unlikely to be more than a basic reference source for recreational diving pursuits." (Alan Bray, Occupational Medicine, Vol. 70 (2), March, 2020)