Bove and Davis' Diving Medicine

Resumen

A Short History of Diving and Diving Medicine. Diving Phisics. Diving Equipment. Inert Gas Exchange and Bubbles. Breath-Hold Diving. Mixed-Gas Diving. Mechsnisms and Risks of Decompression. Pathophysiology of Decompression Sickness. Pulmonary Barotrauma. Treatment of Decompression Illness. Inert Gas Narcosis adn High-Pressure Nervous Syndrome. Toxicity of Oxigen, Carbon Dioxide, and Carbon Monoxide. Hypothermia. Near Drowning. Marine Animal Injuries. Marine Poisoning and Intoxication. Humand Performance Underwater. Medical Supervision of Diving Operations. Women in Diving. Diving in the Elderly