Scuba Diving in Safety and Health

SCUBA DIVING IN SAFETY AND HEALTH SCUBA diving is an increasingly popular sport, with enthusiasts all over the globe. The undersea world is an endlessly fascinating place to explore, but the underwater environment poses special challenges, As beautiful as it is, it can be dangerous too. Proper diving technique and adequate knowledge of the underwater environment are essential to safe diving. Decompression sickness and nitrogen narcosis – or rapture of the deep – are two of the best-known diving perils, but there are Encounters with venomous animals, squeeze, and the contemporary issue of drugs and the diver. Dr. Dueker, a former Navy submarine medical officer and now a practicing anesthesiologist, is himself an enthusiastic sport diver. His earlier books, MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SPORT DIVING and SCUBA DIVING SAFETY, and frequent lectures have established him as an authority on sport diving medicine. In this book, Dr. Dueker gives advice on when a diver should dive and when not, under what circumstances a dive should be cancelled or postponed, and who should never dive. His book provides practical advice on equipment, first aid, and dealing with diving accidents. His description of the physiological aspects of diving are particularly How extreme pressures below the surface affect the body’s circulatory and respiratory systems, how the body reacts when anything goes wrong, and how the gases oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide function in diving. For all serious skin and SCUBA divers, this is a vital book. For physicians interested in diving medicine, this book is an introduction to a study of worldwide interest. For anyone who wants to learn more about how the body functions under the sea, this book is uniquely valuable.