Dive Master’s Quick Accident Response Slates
For obvious reasons dive accidents happen mainly on boats or remote locations, far away from hospitals or any other medical aid, therefore the first aid provided at the dive site…
For obvious reasons dive accidents happen mainly on boats or remote locations, far away from hospitals or any other medical aid, therefore the first aid provided at the dive site…
The following items are offered as an example of a list of first aid supplies which can be modified according to your needs and experience. This is a section taken…
Allen M. Dekelboum, MDPressure: Vol 27 # 3, May/June 1998One of the most frustrating conditions which appear to otolaryngologists all over the world is the sudden onset of unexplainable sensori-neural…
Problem: Lead absorption form diving weights and environmentRisks: Absorption in sports divers from weight, minimal; absorption via the hands to mouth in divemasters, instructors and gear handlers, possible; absorption in…
Fundamental to both is the absorption of photons of light by a chromophore. However, once this event occurs, the mechanisms leading to cellular damage diverge.In phototoxic reactions the photosensitivity is…
Bruce Miller, MDDr. Miller, a Dermatologist, is a Consultant for Diving Medicine Online. This is a lecture presented to Medical Seminars, 2000Travel to the tropical climes can often aggravate preexisting…
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return is a condition where the veins returning blood to the heart from the lungs do not empty correctly into the arterial circulation. Children born with…
Cone shells (Conus sp.) are numerous, comprising about 70 species. About seven of these species are dangerous to man. Beautifully patterned and colorful, the cones are carnivorous gastropods that inhabit…
Printed with permission from the authorDR. P.G. LANDSBERG MDOriginally published in "Trauma & Emergency Medicine Vol 17 No 2 July 2000in South Africa.INTRODUCTIONThe term blast refers to the intense sound…
Considerable research over the past 10 years has been directed toward elucidation of the complement system and it's effect on the body in association with bubbles. Reviewed nicely in 1997…