Diving and Subaquatic Medicine Fourth edition

Summary:
Now in it's fourth edition, Diving and Subaquatic Medicine remains the leading text on diving medicine. This completely revised edition covers the newly described diseases of diving medicine, the modern types of diving and diving equipment, free and indigenous diving, as well as updating the previous edition's coverage of established diving disorders. Each medical disorder is discussed from an historical, aetiological, clinical, pathological, preventative and therapeutic perspective in the accessible but informative style that has made the previous editions so popular.



The principal disciplines addressed - diving medicine, occupational medicine and aquatic medicine - mean that the volume is vital reading for physicians, paramedics, navies, diving organisations and medical students at all levels. Those who know the book will waste no time in acquiring this update; those new to the text will soon find it a must for the personal bookshelf.

• Clinically-based text, designed to assist in diagnosis, investigations, first-aid treatment, with the major problems highlighted and indexed
• Introductory chapters on physics, physiology and equipment for those new to the field
• Unique and plentiful illustrations, case reports and discussions

Table of Contents:
Part 1 - Diving
History of diving
Physics and physiologyFree diving
Diving equipmentUndersea environments
Part 2 - Dysbaric Diseases: Barotraumas
Pulmonary barotrauma
Ear barotrauma
Sinus barotrauma
Other barotraumas
Decompression sickness
History and physiology
Pathophysiology
Decompression sickness: clinical
Decompression sickness: treatment
Dysbaric osteonecrosis
Part 3 - Abnormal Gas Pressures
Inert gas narcosis
Hypoxia
Oxygen toxicity
Carbon dioxide toxicity
Breathing gas contaminents
High pressure neurological syndrome
Part 4 - Aquatic Disorders
The Drowning Syndromes
Drowning
Near-drowning
Management of near drowning
Salt-water aspiration syndrome
Why divers drown
Seasickness
Thermal problems and solutions
HypothermiaInfections: local
Infections: general
Trauma from marine creatures
Venomous marine animals
Fish poisoning
Underwater explosions
Part 5 - Specific Diving Diseases
The Ear and diving
Anatomy and physiology
Investigations
Hearing loss
Vertigo and disorientation underwater
Cardiac problems and sudden death
Neurological disorders of diving
Psychological and neuropsychological disorders
Miscellaneous disorders: Carotid sinus syndrome
Caustic cocktail
Dental disorders
Musculoskeletal diseases
Ocular disorders
Pulmonary oedema
Skin reactions
Trauma
Drugs and diving
Long-term effects of diving
Part 6 - 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: equipment
Investigation of diving fatalities
Part 7 - Medical Standards for Diving
Medical standards for snorkel (breath-hold) divers
Medical standards for recreational divers
Medical standards for commercial divers
Asthma
Cardiac disease
Diabetes
Age
Diver selection
Part 8 - Specialised Diving and its Problems
Female divers
Breath-hold divers
Technical diving
Technical diving problems
Handicapped divers
Occupation groups
Diving in contaminated waters
Deep and saturation diving
Deep and saturation diving problems
Hyperbaric facilities
Sumarine medicine.

About the Author(s):
Carl Edmonds, Director, Diving Medical Centre, Sydney 1970-2001. Formerly Officer in Charge, Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine 1967-75. Formerly President, South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 1970-1975. Consultant in Underwater Medicine to the Royal Australian Navy, 1975-1991, Australia
Christopher Lowry, Director, Diving Medical Centre, Sydney, 1973-1991. Formerly Deputy Medical Officer in Charge, Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine 1973-74. Visiting Anaesthetist, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney 1980-1991. Visiting Anaesthetist, Lismore Base Hospital, 1991-present. Consultant in Diving Medicine, Far North Coast, NSW, Australia
John Pennefather, Scientific Officer at the Royal Australian Navy Submarine and Underwater Medicine Unit 1972-2001, Australia
Robyn Walker, Formerly Officer in Charge, Royal Australian Navy Submarine and Underwater Medicine Unit, 1995-2001. President, South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society, 2000-2001, Australia

Readership:
Doctors and paramedics attending to the medical needs of those involved in subaquatic and diving activities. Diving organisations and instructors, the interested diver and medical students at all leve