Publisher's Synopsis
Provides complete coverage of diving medicine and the hyperbaric environment, with a strong clinical orientation. Covers basic diving physiology and diving-related problems in people with pre-existing medical conditions. Provides detailed discussion of pulmonary, cardiovascular, and neurological disorders in diving. Material also includes problems concerning the ear, women in diving, experimental data on diving physics, and concepts in decompression sickness. Presents chapters on the physical examination of divers, and on the emergency treatment of hypothermia and near drowning.
