Diving Medicine for SCUBA Divers

 

Diving Medicine for Scuba Divers

2012 edition


by Dr Carl Edmonds

Dr Bob Thomas

Dr Bart McKenzie    and

John Pennefather


Free download of individual chapters

or the COMPLETE text


Scuba Diving

 
The most effective action is to download the Complete Book onto a computer, copy it onto a CD/DVD and take this with you to dive sites and remote locations, and share it with other divers. Also, you can then search the whole text for any topic.

If you wish to peruse a chapter quickly, or cannot handle a large file, you should click on the link on the RIGHT of the specific chapter.Welcome_files/Ch%2000%2009a.pdf

  COMPLETE BOOK 10.5 MB     DMfSD 2012.pdf

ISBN 978-0-646-52726-0


                               Individual Chapters

Introduction       Ch 00 12a.docx    127 KB

Table of Contents         Ch 00 SM12b.pdf   61 KB

History                            Ch 01 SM 10c.pdf    250 KB

Physics                              Ch 02 SM10c.pdf    451 KB

Physiology                          Ch 03 SM10c.pdf    262  KB

Breath-hold Diving               Ch 04 SM10C.pdf    172   KB

Equipment                                   Ch 05 SM12.pdf    950   KB

Diving Environments                 Ch 06 SM10c.pdf   217   KB

Stress - Panic and Fatigue            Ch 07 SM12.pdf   164   KB

Female Divers                            Ch 08 SM12.pdf   152   KB

Ear Barotrauma                        Ch 09 SM10c.pdf   319  KB

Sinus Barotrauma                     Ch 10  SM10c.pdf   193  KB

Pulmonary Barotrauma            Ch 11 SM10c.pdf   446  KB

Other Barotraumas                 Ch 12 SM10c.pdf   266  KB

Decompression Sickness - General      Ch 13 SM10c.pdf     184  KB               

Decompression Tables & Meters  Ch 14 SM10c.pdf  115 KB

Decompression Sickness - Clinical  Ch 15 SM10c.pdf 164 KB

Decompression Sickness - Treatment   Ch 16 SM10c.pdf  205 KB

Dysbaric Osteonecrosis                 Ch 17 SM10c.pdf  229  KB

Nitrogen Narcosis                        Ch 18 SM10c.pdf  147  KB

HPNS                                             Ch 19 SM10c.pdf  86  KB

Hypoxia                                         Ch 20 SM10c.pdf  94  KB

Oxygen Toxicity                            Ch 21 SM10c.pdf  143  KB

Carbon Dioxide Problems         Ch 22 SM10c.pdf   98  KB

Carbon Monoxide Toxicity        Ch 23 SM10c.pdf   131  KB

Breathing Gas Contamination    Ch 24 SM10c.pdf  147  KB

Drowning                                    Ch 25 SM10c.pdf  205  KB

Salt Water Aspiration Syndrome  Ch 26 SM10c.pdf 66 KB

Cold and Hypothermia             Ch 27 SM10c.pdf  213  KB

Infections                                    Ch 28 SM10c.pdf  160  KB

Dangerous Marine Animals    Ch 29 SM10c.pdf   725  KB

Hearing Loss                             Ch 30 SM10c.pdf  135  KB

Disorientation                           Ch 31 SM10c.pdf  156  KB

Miscellaneous Disorders, Contact Lens Ch 32 12.pdf (127  KB)

Cramps, Other Ear problems, Headache,          

Pulmonary oedema (SDPE), Sunburn, Sea Sickness,

Jaw Arthritis, Underwater Explosions

Unconsciousness                        Ch 33 SM10c.pdf  111  KB

Why Divers Die                     Ch 34 SM10c.pdf  258  KB

Sudden Death Syndrome       Ch 35 SM10c.pdf  135  KB

Psychological Disorders          Ch 36 SM10c.pdf  98  KB

Drugs and Diving                    Ch 37 SM10c.pdf  123  KB

Medical Exam for Diving       Ch 38 SM10c.pdf  318  KB

First Aid Kit                        Ch 39 SM10c.pdf  139  KB

Oxygen Therapy                 Ch 40 SM10c.pdf  225  KB

Training & Safety Check List  Ch 41 SM10c.pdf  106  KB

Resuscitation Review             Ch 42 SM10c.pdf  127  KB

Technical Diving                     Ch 43 SM10c.pdf  205  KB

APPENDICES

Diving Medical Library         Ch A SM10c.pdf  229  KB

Emergency Contact Numbers  Ch B SM10c.pdf  86  KB

In-Water O2  Therapy            Ch C SM10c.pdf 184 KB

Divers Alert Network            Ch D SM10c.pdf  82  KB


For suggestions, corrections, feedback or requests,

email Carl Edmonds at puddle@bigpond.net.au


Curriculum Vitae   CV2012.pdf  Dr Carl Edmonds

                                RLT_CV Dive Med 11_09 CEdocx.pdf  Dr Robert Thomas

                                CV_BMcK.pdf   Dr Bart McKenzie

                                CV_JP.pdf   Mr John Pennefather