Table of Contents

Introduction

01 An outline history of diving physiology and medicine

02 Diving Methods

02.1 Compressed Air Work
02.2 Commercial Diving
02.3 Recreational Diving
02.4 Scientific Diving
02.5 Empirical Diving Techniques

03 Ventilation, Gas Exchange and Exercise Under Pressure

04 Thermal considerations in diving

05 Breath-hold Diving

06 Drowning and Near Drowning

07 Comparative Diving Physiology

08 Otorhinolaryngological aspects of diving

09 Pressure Effects

09.1 Biological Effects of Pressure
09.2 Inert Gas Narcosis
09.3 High Pressure Nervous Syndrome
09.4 Oxygen Under Pressure

10 Decompression

10.1 Decompression Theory
10.2 Decompression Practice
10.3 Bubble Detection
10.4 Decompression Sickness
10.5 Arterial Gas Embolism and Pulmonary Barotraumas
10.6 Manifestations of Decompression Disorders
10.7 Treatment of the Decompression Disorders

11 Long term effects of diving

11.1 Long-Term Effects on the Lung
11.2 Long-Term Effects on Bones
11.3 Long-Term Effects on the Central Nervous System

12 Fitness to Dive

13 Investigation of Diving Accidents

14 Pathology of Diving Accidents

15 Diving Equipment

16 Appendix: Physical Laws and Biological Constants

Reviews

"To my understanding the book encompasses all of today's best knowledge about the physiology and medicine of diving. I'm fully convicted that you will find this new edition impossible to give up on." Dr. Peter HJ Mueller, European Journal of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, March 2003
does a reviewer have the opportunity to state that the book he is considering is a landmark in the field with which it deals."BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
one concerned in any way with divers, especially when faced with the steadily spreading informed and expert legislation to improve the safety of diving operations, should be without this book at his elbow for constant reference."JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY
this new edition, Bennett & Elliott solidifies its position as the standard work in its field. This volume is comprehensive and authoritative, the information current, the presentations generally straightforward and clear."UNDERSEA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY