Carl Edmonds, Michael Bennett, John Lippmann, Simon Mitchell

Diving and Subaquatic Medicine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Preceded by: Diving and subaquatic medicine / Carl Edmonds ... [et. al.]. 4th ed. c2002.

---

This resource remains the leading text on diving medicine, written to fulfil the requirements of any general physician wishing to advise their patients appropriately when a diving trip is planned, for those accompanying diving expeditions, or when a doctor is required to assess and treat anyone who has been involved in a diving accident. Established and emerging diseases of diving medicine are all covered in full, as is the latest in types of diving, and associated equipment. Each medical disorder is discussed from a historical, etiological, clinical, pathological, preventative and therapeutic perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 5th edition
• Seitenzahl: 865
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 198mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 2559g
• ISBN-13: 9781482260120
• ISBN-10: 1482260123
• Artikelnr.: 41760826

Autorenporträt

Carl Edmonds, formerly OIC of the Royal Australian Navy Diving Medical Unit, Foundation President of the South Pacific Underwater Medical Society and Director of the Australian Diving Medical Centre, Sydney, Australia Michael Bennett, conjoint associate professor in anaesthesia and diving and hyperbaric medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia John Lippmann, founder, chairman and director of research, DAN (Divers Alert Network) Asia-Pacific, Ashburton, Australia Simon J. Mitchell, head, Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Auckland, New Zealand; and consultant in diving and hyperbaric medicine, Slark Hyperbaric Unit, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Inhaltsangabe

Diving. Dysbaric Diseases: Barotraumas. Decompression Sickness. Abnormal
Gas Pressures. Aquatic Disorders: The Drowning Syndromes. Other Aquatic
Disorders. Specific Diving Diseases. The Diving Accident. Medical Standards
for Diving. Specialized Divnig and Its Problems. Related Subject.
Appendices: Decompression Tables. US Navy Recompression Therapy Tables.
Recompression Therapy Options. Diving Medical Library. Diving Medical
Training. Diving Medical Organizations and Contacts.