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The diving medical physician should be able to identify, treat and advise divers about illnesses and conditions that would cause them to be at increased risk for a diving accident. Some reasons why a person should not be considered fit to dive are as follows:
Diving disorders are medical conditions specifically arising from underwater diving. The signs and symptoms of these may present during a dive, on surfacing, or up to several hours after a dive. The principal conditions are decompression illness (which covers decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism ), nitrogen narcosis , high pressure ...
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In the case of diving emergencies, the risk is generally of death or injury to the diver, while diving or in the water before or after diving. [1] Underwater diving is an activity in which there is a constant risk of an emergency developing. This is a situation common to many human activities.
Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC) – British hyperbaric medical organisation; Diving disorders – Physiological disorders resulting from underwater diving; Diving emergency – Situation that endangers the life or health of a diver; Diving environment – Characteristics of the environment in which underwater diving takes place
Nitrox and drysuit use, greater frequency of diving in the past year, increasing age, and years since certification were associated with lower risk, possibly as indicators of more extensive training and experience. [1] Statistics show diving fatalities comparable to motor vehicle accidents of 16.4 per 100,000 divers and 16 per 100,000 drivers.
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Salt water can also cause oxidative stress, dilution of pulmonary surfactant, breakdown of the blood-air barrier, cellular degradation and cell death. [3] Marine microorganisms and particulates can further exacerbate inflammatory processes, which may cause or contribute towards systemic symptoms seen with this condition.