Diving Injuries

This handbook offers to those who design, plan, engineer, sell, construct, regulate and operate swimming pools and swimming beaches, information on safety as it relates to diving. It includes the law, standards and regulations that govern the design and operation of swimming pools.

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Diving Injuries: Research Findings and Recommendations for Reducing Catastrophic Injuries represents the most comprehensive study ever done on the problem of spinal cord injuries resulting from diving into water. ng injuries. In it, Dr. Gabrielsen, a renowned expert on the interpretation and presentation of diving-related testimony, discusses injuries sustained in swimming pools, lakes, rivers, and oceans; the laws, standards, and regulations for swimming pool design; and the cost of medical and rehabilitative care for spinal cord injury victims. The book provides a greater understanding of diving safety from all perspectives and is an indispensable reference guide to the safety conscious.