Alfred A. Bove, Jefferson C. Davis

Bove & Davis's Diving Medicine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Diving Medicine has earned a worldwide reputation as the definitive source on diving safety and the management of diving-related health conditions. The new 4th Edition has been completely revised and updated while still retaining its practical clinical orientation. It covers basic diving physiology

the pathophysiology of decompression sickness

assessment of physical fitness for diving

diagnosis and treatment of diving-related disorders

and much more.

• Discusses special considerations for female, elderly, and pediatric divers
• Covers diving-related problems in people with pre-existing medical conditions, such as pulmonary, cardiac, and neurologic disease
• Includes information about marine toxicology

New chapters on Kinetics of Inert Gas, Marine Poisoning and Intoxication, and Diabetes and Diving.

Completely revised chapters on Medical Evaluation for Sport Diving

Medical Evaluation for Commercial Diving

and Medical Evaluation for Military Diving.

The latest protocols for managing decompression accidents, drowning, and hypothermia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saunders
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: B978-0-7216-9424-5.X5001-1
• 4th ed.
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 29mm x 178mm x 254mm
• Gewicht: 1370g
• ISBN-13: 9780721694245
• ISBN-10: 0721694241
• Artikelnr.: 12349616

Inhaltsangabe

1. A Short History of Diving Medicine
2. Diving Physics
3. Diving Equipment
4. Kinetics of Inert Gas
5. Breath Hold Diving
6. Mixed Gas Diving
7. Mechanisms and Risks of Decompression
8. Pathophysiology of Decompression Sickness
9. Barotrauma
10. Treatment of Decompression Sickness and Arterial Gas Embolism
11. Inert Gas Narcosis and HPNS
12. Toxicity of Oxygen, Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide
13. Hypothermia
14. Near Drowning
15. Marine Animal Injuries
16. Marine Poisoning and Intoxication
17. Human Performance Underwater
18. Medical Problems in Diving Operations
19. Women in Diving
20. Diving in the Elderly and the Young
21. Aseptic Necrosis of Bone
22. Ear and Sinus Problems in Diving
23. Neurologic Consequences of Diving
24. Pulmonary Disorders and Diving
25. Cardiovascular Disorders and Diving
26. Diabetes and Diving
27. Medical Evaluation for Sport Diving
28. Medical Evaluation for Commercial Diving
29. Medical Evaluation for Military Diving
Appendix 1. Pressure Conversion Table
Appendix 2. Medical Examination Forms
Appendix 3. Diving Medicine Physician's Kit for Remote Locations
Appendix 4. U.S. Navy Treatment Tables

Rezensionen

"An excellent reference for practitioners who may be called upon to evaluate prospective divers, to answer diving-related questions, or to provide appropriate therapy for diving mishaps."Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, review of previous edition