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A
SIMPLE GUIDE TO DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS.
Lee Griffiths. Forward by
John Lippman.
Softcover, 60 pages, mono
and colour photographs and charts.
The nemesis of all divers,
decompression sickness, a topic that needs to be understood for safe diving.
The book provides a thorough understanding of some of the medical problems
and illnesses associated with diving, enabling the diver to recognize each
of the individual conditions and have a clear understanding of the best
action to take in the event of decompression illness. It is aimed at all
levels. The text is concise and clearly explains the situation in non-medical
terms. Includes a guide to initial treatment and first aid, with emergency
action charts and recompression tables. |
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AN
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON DIVING AND SUBMARINE MEDICINE
Shilling and Werts
Gordon & Breach. 1971
Hardcover, vii, 622
p., index. 26. 8 cm |
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ASSESSMENT
OF DIVING MEDICAL FITNESS FOR SCUBA DIVERS AND INSTRUCTORS.
Peter Bennett, Frans Cronje,
Ernest Campbell.
From common diving afflictions,
to whether or not an individual is fit to dive, to diver health maintenance
and education, the best way to manage a problem is to prevent a problem.
Doctors Bennett, Cronje, and Campbell collaborated on this new book to
provide a clear and concise reference of the principles behind the necessary
medical considerations and related decisions on diving fitness. It will
help divers and instructors determine when the input from a diving physician
is mandatory and how to sensibly screen prospective divers for medical
problems. Whether or not individuals of all ages are fit to" dive, they
must maintain consistent good health in order to prevent any medical problems.
Ongoing diving fitness is punctuated by episodes of injury, infection,
disability and dependence and this new book addresses those issues. With
some individuals, the problems are obvious. However, the diver with a history
of heart disease may not appear to pose a problem at first glance. Yet,
40 % of diving related fatalities are due to cardiac problems. While certain
disorders, like epilepsy, are in direct opposition to safe diving, it is
not merely the diagnostic label that precludes entry into diving. For most
other conditions, there is a risk analysis, involving a determination whether
pressure may have harmful effects and whether the individual is able to
respond to and exercise within the environment without undue risk. The
text is relatively simple non-medical language. Hardcover, 240 pages,
mono and colour photos, references, index. |
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BEATING
THE BENDS.
Alex
Brylske
Covers
decompression sickness and how to avoid it; a discussion on various tables,
use of dive computers, the risks, symptoms and what to do if you get a
hit.
Softcover,
120 pages. |
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DECO
FOR DIVERS - A Diver's Guide to Decompression Theory and Physiology
Mark Powell.
From the blurb: Deco for
Divers provides a comprehensive overview of the principles underlying decompressiontheory
and physiology. Mark Powell has written a book that for the first time
allows the average diver to fully understand the principles behind this
fascinating and critical aspect of diving. As well as a thorough examination
of air decompression the book also addresses decompression using nitrox
and mixed gases. It is completely up-to-date and includes information on
the latest developments including deep stops and advanced bubble models.
Deco for Divers bridges the gap between introductory books and specialist
scientific journals and is suitable for new as well as highly experienced
divers.
Dr Peter Bennett regards
it as a truly remarkable book which... "covers all the various theories
of decompression and ascents for divers in a most readable and understanding
manner"... and " the clarity of his presentation is far superior to the
complex books and papers in this field today". A cursory skim through the
book will solicit total agreement with Dr Bennett's observations. A great
book, and a must for the serious diver and instructor.
Softcover, 245 pages, colour,
many charts, compresenhive reference, bibliography, index. |
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DIVING
AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE REVIEW FOR PHYSICIANS
Jolie Bookspan. |
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DIVING
AND SUBAQUATIC MEDICINE
Carl Edmonds, Christopher
Lowry and John Pennefather
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First edition
1976. (Blue cover, far left column). Diving Medical Centre, Mosman, NSW.
ISBN 0 959 7191 0 5
Hardcover, dustjacket, 396
pages, mono drawings, charts, index.
Second edition 1981. (Blue
and green cover left). Diving Medical Centre, Mosman, NSW. ISBN 0 959 5031
0 2.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 571
pages. mono and colour prints, drawings, charts., index
Third edition: ?
Four edition, (Blue
with divers, left below): pubished in USA by Oxford Univeristy Press, 2002
This was, and probably remains,
the 'bible' for hypernbaric medicine in Australia and certainly since its
first release had been a mjor txt for diving doctors, intructors, profssional
divers and the serious sport diver. Being published in Australia its cost
was within the range of most divers, aroun $45 initially and then gradually
up to $84.00, but in th late 1990s I think it was, it went overseas
for publication. This meant more sales and more money for the authors but
the latest, current, recommended retail of this book in Australia is a
ridiculous $275.00. (It is US $90 in the USA). When I queried this high
cost with the Australian distributor I was told, I quote," "it is an acedemic
text and we can charge what we like for academic books" Thats probably
true and doctors and professional divers can made a small claim on their
tax,but it does leave the serious amateur out in the cold.
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From the fly:
This is the most comprehensive
book ever written on diving medicine. Whereas other texts deal with diving
technology and physiology, this volume scrupulously adheres to the treatment
of the injured diver. Australia, with one of the largest habitable coastlines
in the world, is renowned for its superb facilities for aquatic sports.
The Australian Navy accepts responsibility for the treatment of both civilian
and Armed Service divers, extending from the Indian Ocean to the South
Pacific Islands. From this environment these authors have documented their
experiences and techniques, and integrated them with the established diving
medical knowledge. This book fills an urgent need by instructing medical
practitioners, paramedics and experienced diving instructors how to identify,
treat and prevent most of the diving disorders likely to be encountered.
It includes some of the brilliant observations and therapeutic developments
introduced by the Australian physicians and researchers during the last
decade. This book is a "must" for all those who minister to the medical
needs of divers, or others who venture on and under the sea. |
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DIVING
INJURIES: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING CTASTROPHIC
INJURIES
Editor-Milton Gabrielsen
Informa HealthCare, 2000.
(ISBN:0849323703 / 0-8493-2370-3)
Hardcover. |
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DIVING
MEDICINE .
Alfred
A. Bove and Jefferson C.Davis (Editors). Third edition.
"Knowledge
of this comprehensive and systematic text will be of immense value in the
prevention of diving accidents and, when an accident does occur, in the
provision of specific therapy." A volume for the physician and advanced
diver who require a comprehensive clinical knowledge. With contributions
from some twenty authorities, 'Bove and Davis' has become one of the major
texts on diving medicine. Chapters include Risks of Decompression, Mixed
Gas Diving, Breath-hold Diving, Toxicity, Hypothermia, Pulmonary Barotrauma,
Bone Necrosis - and twenty more. Well written. Technical, yes, but not
so that it is out of reach of the layman diver.
Hardcover,
331 pages. |
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DIVING
MEDICINE FOR SCUBA DIVERS.
Edmonds,
McKenzie, and Thomas.
If
you need a book on diving medicine, this is the one. An excellent text,
with just the right level of knowledge, not too technical, directed at
the sport diver; "diving medicine explained by experts in clear and simple
terms and in a very intersting and entertaining manner." Contents include
physics, barotrauma, decompression, hypothermia, drugs and diving, infections,
accidents - and more.
Softcover,
about 200 pages, medium format, many mono photographs and line drawings. |
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DIVING
PHYSIOLOGY IN PLAIN ENGLISH.
Jolie
Bookspan, Ph.D Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc.
Why
do divers so often want to urinate in their suits during a dive? The answer
to this all-important question can be found in
Diving Physiology in
Plain English by Jolie Bookspan. At 230 pages it may look like a dry
medical tome, but the contents will interest anyone who wonders what happens
to their bodies under water. The author's aim is to present diving physiology
in an understandable and enjoyable way. The list of contributing reviewers
is comprehensive, and includes the most unusual comment, for example the
risks to women of pressure damage to silicone breast implants and diving
whilst pregnant, and to men of penile implants, hair restoration and growth
stimulators, and having a wee bit too much body fat (all of which I found
most pertinent - all except the implant bit although I suppose I could
use a bit extra). Chapters include the effect of compression, cold, fitness
and health, cardiovascular health, diver's acne, joint structure and injury,
eating disorders, air consumption, diving injuries, poisonous stings, lung
injuries, oxygen toxicity, headaches (more than four pages on this subject)
and swimmer's ear.The Annotated Glossary is particularly useful. This is
a most useful book, easy (and enjoyable) to read with a wealth of knowledge
for the diver. It should become a standard text.
Highly
Recommended. |
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DIVING
SCIENCE - Essential Physiology and Medicine for Divers.
Michael Strauss MD, Igor
Aksenov MD
Prepare for each underwater
adventure and its challenges, Diving Science will help you anticipate,
recognize, and respond to the physical, and psychological stresses encountered
in sport diving. Written by two experts in diving physiology and medicine,
this comprehensive resource will help you manage each stage of a dive more
safely and successfully. Whether you're on the surface or on the bottom,
in the descent or ascent, you'll know exactly what to do and when to do
it. With information on everything from on-gassing and off-gassing to first
response interventions for medical problems, Diving Science is as essential
as a wetsuite for your next dive.
Use the book's diving-specific
fitness specifications to learn how to make diving safe and enjoyable at
any age, use and apply the detailed equipment recommendations to prepare
properly for each dive. This book provides a wealth of information useful
to all divers. Tap into this treasure chest before each dive to ensure
it is your best and safest yet. In three parts, with appendicies. Chapters
include: The Underwater Environment; Challenges of the Underwater
Environment; Types of Diving: Dive Profiles, and Phases of the Dive;-The
Inert Gas Load; Physiological Responses to the Underwater Environment;
Adaptations of the Heart and Vascular Systems for Diving; The Respiratory
System in Diving; Blood and Muscle Tissues to Improve Oxygen Carrying;
the Cold Water Environment; Propulsion in the Aquatic Environment;
-Orientation in the Aquatic Environment; Medical Aspects of Sport Diving;
Medical Preparation for Diving: Fitness and Nutrition; Pyschological and
Physiological Problems of the Surface; Exposure and Marine Injuries; Problems
with Descent; Bottom Problems; Ascent Problems; Complications of Medical
Problems of Diving. Also appendicies: Sport Diving From A to Z; Where to
Get Additional Informaiton and Help; Items for the Diving Medical
Kit; Luminaries in Diving.
Softcover, 395 pages, index,
glossary, bibliography. |
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EXPEDITION
MEDICINE
David Warrell, David Warrell
and Sarah Anderson, Sarah Anderson
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers,
2002. (ISBN: 1579583342 /1-57958-334-2)
Hardcover.
From sales blurb: This is
a completely rewritten and revised second edition of the now standard text,
prepared under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society of Great
Britain. Comprehensively updated to take into account new research findings
and medicines, and adapted for the American explorer, "Expedition Medicine"
is written by renowned experts in their fields and provides a wealth of
practical tips and advice, as well as extensive details about first aid
kits, emergency procedures, and evacuation routines. Coverage includes
sections on every kind of travel from desert to mountain, canoeing to diving,
and off-road driving to walking, with valuable information on vaccinations,
medicines, and hygiene. 398 pages. |
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GETTING
IN SHAPE FOR SKIN AND SCUBA DIVING
Curtis Mitchell.
Association Press, New Century
Publishers Inc., New Jersey, 1981.
Softcover, 158 pges, no
photos, no diagrams, index.
Chapters include 'The New
Science of hysical Fitness', 'Conditioning Drills to Improve Your skills',
'A Perfect Dive Every Time', Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and the Human Body',
'Diving
Maladies'.Still quite a useful book. [cd] |
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HISTORY
OF HYPERBARIC CHAMBERS
Gerhard F. K. Haux
(English translation by
Petra Lohmeyer and contributions by W.T. Workman)
Published by: Best Publishing
Company, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA in 2000
Illustrated hard back covers;
154 printed pages. Dimensions: 23.5 cms tall by 16 cms wide.
The author has investigated
and describes 300 years of history of pressure chambersbut he does say
that the book may not be “exhaustive”. The book ranges from Robert
Boyle in 1660 through to chambers made in 1999. Divided into 3 sections:
“Past Present and Future in a Nutshell”, “The Development of Hyperbaric
Chamber Design Traced Back to the Very Beginnings”, and “What Does the
Future Design and Clinical Hyperbaric Chamber look Like?”. The second
section chronologically covers the history from 1660 up to 2000 covering
a variety of related topics and subjects. Extremely well illustrated
with monochrome diagrams and photographs. [pt]
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HYPERBARIC
MEDICINE PRACTICE - Second Edition
Eric
P. Kindwall and Harry Whelen.
No
doubt the definitive work on the subject - 950 pages, second edition published
1999. For the medical practitioner and the very serious dive professional.
Not all contents refer to diving matters, as hyperbaric medicine - ie medicine
"under pressure" as in a chamber, is used for a number of other mediacl
ailments including pisonings, gas gangrene. A most important work. It is
impertinent for a layman to review a book on a subject that is not totally
familiar, so I will only comment on what others have said. This is one
of the finest books on hyperbaric medicine produced, and as the promo blurb
suggests, should remain the definitive text for years to come. It deals
principally with those disorders approved for treatment by the Undersea
and Hyperbaric Medical Society. Of course, hyperbaric medicine (ie medicine
'under pressure') is not isolated to diving incidents and is predominant
in the treatment of wounds, infections and poisons. The book is aimed at
the medical practitioner. Hardcover, laminated boards, 950 pages, mono
photos and some colour plates. |
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HYPERBARIC
FACILITY SAFETY - A PRACTICAL GUIDE.
Ed.
W.T.Workman.
Sections
include General Considerationss, Hyperbaaric Systems, Maintenance, Fire
in the Hyperbaaric Environment, Hyperbaric Mishap Analtsis, Safety Aspects,
and many more chapters. \
Hardcover,
laminated board covers, approx 600 pages. |
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MEDICAL
ASPECTS OF SPORT DIVING.
Christopher W. Ducker. |
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OXYGEN
AND THE DIVER
Professor Kenneth Donald
Published by: The SPA Ltd,
Hanley Swan, UK in 1992
Re-published in 1995
Blue hard back covers with
DJ – 237 pages
Dimensions: 24 cms tall
by 16.5 cms wide
From the dustjacket: This
book is the first to give a comprehensive review of the dangers to the
diver when breathing oxygen. Professor Donald, who is the accepted
authority in this field, describes how unexpected hazards attend the sudden
expansion of self-contained free diving during the relentless underwater
combat of the Second World War. This is the only full account of
the experiments in which the safe times and depths for oxygen diving were
established. The author has reviewed all other important studies
of oxygen toxicity in divers up to the present day. Considerable
care has been taken to determine the original details of these investigations,
many of which have not been fully published. After the dangers of
oxygen had been demonstrated during the 1940s, the almost universal use
of air was adopted for shallow water swimming and diving up to fifty metres.
It has since been supplemented by oxygen-nitrogen mixtures. Mixture
diving is more economical of gas and allows the diver to go considerably
deeper without the risk of oxygen poisoning of need for staged decompression.
Much emphasis has been placed in the book on the dangers of the imprudent
use of mixtures. Other factors which may affect the incidence of
oxygen poisoning are also reviewed. Whilst the book is written primarily
for diving experts, many of the diving fraternity will find it an enjoyable
and invaluable source of reference.
The book is divided into
7 chapters: Adverse effects at Increased Pressure, Oxygen Poisoning Studies
1942-45, Further Studies of Oxygen Poisoning 1946 to the Present, Further
Considerations of Oxygen Poisoning, Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity – Underwater
decompression Breathing Oxygen, The Development and Use of Oxygen-Nitrogen
Mixtures in Diving, Carbon Dioxide and Hyperbaric Oxygen and Are Divers
Really Different. It continues with three appendixes: The Admiralty
Experimental Diving Unit, Tables and Symbols. The book is well illustrated
with monochrome photos, many taken of old oxygen equipment from WWII along
with diagrams and graphs. In Appendix 2 there are tables of results
in experiments with names like Fraser (Ian Fraser VC?). [pt]
First edition commands a very high price - second edition less so but still
expensive. [ps] |
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OXYGEN
FIRST AID FOR DIVERS.
John
Lippmann.
Another
excellent volume from one of Australia's top technical authors. Theory
and practice. A very important book - essential knowledge for all divers.
Softcover,
130 pages. |
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PSYCHOLOGICAL
AND BEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS OF DIVING
Baruch
Nevo and Stephen Breitstein.
A
very interesting book which covers a most important aspect of our diving
- our mind, and our physiology. Chapters include - Physical Principles
of Diving, Senses and Perception Underwater. The Influence of Hyperbaric
Pressure on Cognitive and Pyychomotor Skills, Diving Accidents, Ergnomics
of Diving, Social Aspects of Diving, Personal Characteristics of Divers,
th Long term Impact of Diving - and many more. A very useful book and a
must for all instructions and dive leaders.
Hardcover,
192 pages, charts. |
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Bennett
and Elliot's PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE OF DIVING.
5th
Edition, 2003.
For
the past three decades this book has been regarded as the ‘bible' of diving
medicine, used extemsively by doctors, hospital researchers, dive instructors
and serious divers, with numerous contributions. This new edition hs been
updated to reflect th latest developments in hyperbariuc medicine. The
table of contents is entensive. New material includes treatment of altitude
decompression, dive computers and algorithms, drowing and hyperthermia,
and central system pathology. A massive hardcover volume of 864 pages,
hardcover, with numerous chapters written by specialists on the latest
developments in hyperbaric medicine and physiology. Divided into thirteen
sections covering diving procedure, ventilation, gas exchange, thermal
considerations, breath-hold diving, drowning, otorhinolaryngological aspects,
pressure effects, decompression, long term effects of diving, fitness to
dive, investigation of diving accidents. An excellent book, the authorative
work, and a must for the dive instructor, dive master and serious diver.
A
most important work. |
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RESPIRATION
J S Haldane.
..
Originally published in
1922 by Yale University Press, New Haven, USA. Oxford University Press
also listed. Hardcover, green cloth boards, 427 pages, mono plates, noi
index, no bibliography. Dimensions 23 x 15.5 cm. Fourteen chapters: Historical
Introduction; Carbon Dioxide and Regulation of Breathing; The Newvopus
Control of Breathing; The Blood as a Carrier of Oxygen; The Blood as a
Carrier of Carbon Dioxide; The Effects of Want of Oxygen; The Causes of
Anoxaemia; Blood Reaction and Breathing; Gas Secretion in the Lungs; Bllod
Circulation and Breathing; Air of Abnormal composition; Effects of High
Atmospheric Pressures; Effects of Lowe Atmospheric Pressures; General Conclusions.
Also appendix A to E.
New edition by J
S Haldane and J G Priestly, published by Yale University Press USA, Oxford
University Press, UK in 1935. Hard back, green covers; 478 printed
pages. Dimensions: 25 cms tall by 16 cms wide.
This is a book of extreme
technical detail but tells everything you need to know about the work that
Haldane did, including the work he did on cracking the diving decompression
problem and introducing successful decompression tables. The book
is broken into 13 chapters: “Historical Introduction”, “Carbon Dioxide
and Regulation of Breathing”, “The Blood as a Carrier of Carbondioxide”,
“Hydrogen-Ion Pressure and Breathing”, “The Nervous Control of Breathing”,
“The Blood as a Carrier of Oxygen”, “The Effects of Want of Oxygen”, “The
Causes of Anoxaemia”, “Oxygen Secretion in the Lungs”, “Effects of Low
Atmospheric Pressure”, “Effects of High Atmospheric Pressure”, “Blood Circulation
and Breathing” and Air of Abnormal Composition”. In terms of
diving content, the book looks at the decompression problem and looks at
the experiments including the goat chambers. There's detail of things
like Davis's decompression chamber, caisson workers and bell workers.
Extremely well illustrated with many monochrome plates and countless illustrations
embedded in the text.As you would expect, the book is extremely well illustrated
with countless monochrome diagrams and photographs. [pt-1935],[ps-1922]
Additional note: There is
apparently a marked difference between the two editions, although I have
not had the opportunity to compare them side-by-side. The 1935 edition
is physically larger, yet has fewer chapters; and the chapter heaadings
and perhaps contebt is different. Likewise, the mono plates are different,
possibly more prolific in the 1935 edition. It is of course the chaper
headed 'Effects of High Atmospheric Pressure' that is of particular interest
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SAFE
DIVING - Underwater Medicine and Diving Techniques (Sixth Edition)
Stracimir Gosovic.
Hardcover, laminated boards,
494 pages, mono photographs and charts, index. (In English of course).
This sixth edition of Safe
Diving has been prepared to make the 30 years experience of the author
in underwater medicine and the techiques of diving available to the English
reader. Each edition since the first has been updated and expanded, and
this sixth edition is no exception. In addition, the author reviews and
synthesizes the advances and experience in these fields of research and
practice in the countries of Europe, the United States and the former Soviet
Union, integrating these with his own rich experience. Safe Diving was
written to contribute to the safety of divers not by frightening them with
the risks and dangers of diving, but by giving them access to fuller knowledge
and understanding of the many aspects of this activity on which their safety
depends upon. The effort has been to make a systematic presentation of
the circumstances of danger and sources of risk together with the organizational
and technical alternatives, and above all concrete procedures of safe and
successful diving. Because the author believes safe diving is a multidimensional
undertaking, this book, in contrast to most which deal either with the
techniques of diving or with medical aspects of diving, gives parallel
treatment to the techniques of diving and the technical, medical and safety
aspects of each, including saturation diving. This makes it interesting
to all categories of divers, sports, military and commercial, and a useful
textbook for achieving classification or licensing requirements, from beginner
to master diver. |
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SCUBA
SAFETY IN AUSTRALIA
John
Lippmann
Another
book from the Lippmann stable, with a bit of help from Dr Jeff Wilks and
Dr John Knight. A bit too detailed for the average diver but a must for
all instructors and dedicated divers.
Softcover,
medium format, 216 pages. |
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STRESS
AND PERFORMANCE IN DIVING
Arthur
Bachrach & Glen Egstrom.
A
very important text particularly for dive masters and instructors, and
physicians. Most diving fatalities occur as a direct result of the way
a diver reacts when a problem occurs. The authors provide an exhaustive
examination of the factors that contribute to diver stress and accidents.
Covers the nature of stress and stress indicators, factors leading to diver
panic, panic reaction, stress and anxiety, stress management, sport diver
training and specific adaptations.
Hardcover,
dustjacket, 180 pages. |
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THE
BEST OF ALERT DIVER
Fifteen Year of Scuba Health
and Safety Tips from Divers Alert Network.
Foreword by Dr. Peter Bennett.
Alert Diver is DAN's award-winning
membership magazine dedicated to dive safety. Published bimonthly, it helps
keep DAN members up to date on diving research and health issues in diving.The
Best of Alert Diver represents some of the most important articles published
in the 15-year history of the publication, with contributions in every
issue from members of the DAN staff and from dive researchers, practitioners
and writers who work with and contribute regularly to DAN's mission of
dive safety. For scuba divers worldwide, DAN means safety, health and peace
of mind. Founded in 1980 at Duke University Medical Center, DAN is a nonprofit
organization supported by the largest association of recreational divers
in the world. DAN is best known for its 24-Hour Diving Emergency Hotline,
emergency oxygen first aid and training, and dive medical research programs.The
book covers Fitness in Diving; Diving Helath Conditions; Decompression
Illness; Drugs and Diving; Dive Travel.
Softcover, 252 pages, mono
photographs
drawings/charts. |
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THE
SPORTS DIVING MEDICAL
Dr
John Parker.
"A
Guide to Medical Conditions Relevant to Scuba Diving." A readable and yet
comprehensive guide to medical conditions applicable to recreational diving.
A must for the medical profession associated with diving, and the instructor.
Softcover,
136 pages, medium format. |
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THE
BENDS
Compressed Air on the History
of Science, Diving and Engineering.
John L. Phillips, M.D.
Yale University Press, New
Haven (USA), and London. 1998.
Hardcover dust jacket, indexs,
bibliography, notes, a few mono photographs.
I had this book for quite
some time before I read it, thinking it would be an academic threatise
in academic prose on the subject, but had cause one day to have a closer
look when a client was seaking material on - ‘The Bends'. I took the book
home. It was very easy to read and as it captured the life of those living
in the period of the 18th and 19th centuries, engineering interests, and
of course, the relevance to diving, I could not put it down once started.
Its starts with the ‘discovery' of the atmosphere or to be more precise,
the increasing understanding of the air we inhabit and breath - the needs
for atmospheric pumps to empty flooded mines - and continues very quickly
into the health and safety problems experienced when we mess about with
it - like put ourselves under extreme atmospheric pressure. There was not
much need to do this untill we started to build bridges over water and
workers had to construct foundations underwater, or more specifically,
surrounded by water, which proliferated in the early and mid 19th century.
From the blurb: With the
invention of compressed air in the 1840s, human divers could enter previously
inaccessible deepwater environments, and engineers could design underwater
mines and monumental bridges that had never been possible before.
But a painful, sometimes fatal ilness - decompression sickness, or the
bends-mysteriously afflicted many of those who used compressed air. This
book is a wide-ranging history of the wonders compressed air brought about
and the suffering its unknown hazards inflicted. John L. Phillips
explores the intertwining roles of science, technology, engineering, medicine,
and politics in the invention of compressed air, the recognition and identification
of decompression sickness, and the hundredyear-long process of learning
to understand and treat the bends. The book begins with an Overview of
the biology and chemistry of respiration and a discussion of the steamn
engine that could generate compressed air. Drawing on previously
unpublished letters, diarties, and notes, Phillips recounts the early uses
of compressed air, the first observations of decompression sickness, the
growing awareness of the bends during construction of the Brooklyn Bridge,
and efforts to understand the pathophysiology of the illness. He
then considers employee health and safety issues, the science of diving
today, and human limits to exploring the oceans' depths. In the history
of compressed air and its illnesses, Phillips, a fellow in Urological oncology
at the National Cancer Institute (USA) finds important lessons for
dealing with other diseases yet to be confronted in the modern world. Recreational
and comercial divers would find this book fascinating. Hyperbaric doctors
may not gain a great deal of academic knowledge but they will no doubt
find it no less entertaining and educational. [ps] |
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THE
DAN GUIDE TO DIVE MEDICAL FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. Highly
Recommended.
Divers
Alert Network - DAN
This
is a superb book and one tht I must recommend highly to all scuba divers.
Its title gives an accurate description of its contents, and indeed it
is designed as a question and answer book, covering no less thn fifteen
sections or topics, including decmpression, fitness, gastro, musculoskeletal,
respiratory, nervous system, womens issues etc etc. It is a book that should
be read from cover to cover but can be equally informative and entertaining
by just ‘grabbing a page' here and there. The questioners are divers like
you and I - the answerers are top medicos in the dive and hyperbaric fields.
Have you had wisdom tooth out recently and want to dive; do you have diabetes;
ever had a panic attack; are you pregnant, have had a hysterectomy, or
have a breat implant; have you had seaweed dermititis - the questions are
as fascinating as their remedies or cautions. I couldn't put it down.
Softcover,
232 pages, index, mono drawings. |
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THE
MASTERY OF AIR
Published by: Sir Isaac
Pitman, London in 1922.
Plain hard covers with 184
printed pages
Dimensions: 18.5 cms tall
by 12.5 cms
I'm not sure who actually
worte this small book in the "Pitman's Mastery Series" but it says "by
the author of The Triumph of Man". The book, which I am sure is aimed at
juveniles, takes a look at how man has mastered air in so many ways which
includes six chapters on diving and other underwater related subjects as
you will see from the list of chapters which follows. Within the sections
there are 12 monochrome diving prints, many of which are familiar and reproduced
with "kind permission of Messrs, Siebe, Gorman & Co Ltd". The whole
book consists of 28 chapters, all different themes regarding our use of
air: "When the Wind Blows", "Weighing the Air", "Air Pumps", "Diving",
"Diving in the Navy", "The Romance of Diving", "Raising the Wreck", "The
Diving Bell", "The Pneumatic Caisson", "Navigating the Oceans of Air",
"Famous Baloon Voyages", "Limited Liability", "The Balloon in War", "Flying
Kites", "Gliding", "The Construction of Aeroplanes", "Aeroplane Engines",
"The Aeroplane in War", "Famous Flights", "Airships", "The Construction
of Dirigible Balloons", "Santos-Dumont and Count Zeplin", "Airships of
To-Day", "Liquid Air", "How Cold is Produced", "Mastery at Last", "What
Is Air" and "The Breath of Life".
In all, there are
53 illustrations, many of which are monochrome photographs. The book is
one of a series of four by the publisher, each dealing with the elements
of earth, fire, air and water - each prefixed with "The Mastery of" in
the title. In all a very interesting book with some absolutely fascinating
chapters from the time. [pt] |
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UNDERWATER
EAR & NOSE CARE.
Noel
Roydhouse .
An
excellent text on a most relevant subject - for all instructors and advanced
divers.
Softcover,78p. |
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UNDERWATER
MEDICINE
Surgeon Captain, Stanley
Miles.
Published by the Staples
Press of London, England, 1962.
Second edition (this red
cover), 1966.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 332
page, illustrated text.
Dr. Miles was the Surgeon
Captain, R.N., Director of Medical Resarch, Royal Navy Medical School,
Hants. Deals with dangerous health conditions divers are exposed to underseas,
including the bends and encounters with poisonous sea creatures.
Other editions 1966, 1969.
UNDERWATER MEDICINE.
Stanley
Miles and D.E.Mackay.
Fourth edition (as photographed
green cover), 1975, published by Adlard Coles Limited, London.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 328
pages, mono prints charts, index, bibliography. Certainly the 'bible' of
hyperbaric medicine in its day, and still of value to this day. Chapters:
The Challenge, The Physical Approach, The Physiological Approach, Underwater
Research Facilities, The Effects f Increased Pressure, The Problm of Density,
Inert Gas Narcosis, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and Other Gases, Vision, hearing
and Special Senses; Decompression, Saturation Diving, Some Underwater Accidents,
Drowning. The tratment of the Apparently Drowned, Water Safety, Selection
and Training of Divers and Underwater Swimmers, Life Support Equipment,
Submersibles, Habitats and Compression Chambers; The Submarine; Submarine
Escape and Free Ascent, Marine Animals.
[cd-4th ed] |
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WOMEN
AND PRESSURE: DIVING AND ALTITUDE
Edited by: Caroline E. Fife,
MD and Marguerite St. Leger Dowse
Women and Pressure is a
remarkable look at women's progress in the fields of diving and altitude.
With content ranging from the history of women divers, combat pilots, and
astronauts to the unique physiological characteristics of females working
and playing in altered barometric pressure environments, this book is long
overdue. Featuring contributions from 35 authors, many of whom are pioneers
in their field, it represents a wide range of disciplines and offers a
comprehensive dialogue about the effects of pressure on women. This book
is a must-read for women divers, dive instructors, men who dive with women,
and anyone involved in these fields.
As an admirable collection
of the current research and attitudes regarding the most frequent concerns
of divers, instructors, and aviators, topics are explored on a level of
seriousness and urgency. The essays included in this text contain crucial
discussions of such relevant factors as: pregnancy, the menstrual cycle
and decompression illness, decompression illness susceptibility compared
with men, fitness to dive, thermal tolerance, equipment, legal issues,
and women in the workplace. The pool of information in this book displays
the serious nature of a text addressing the past, present, and future of
issues of consequence in relation to the well-being of the women involved.
Twenty-seven chapters under
three sections by many authors. Chapters include the subjecys of : Decompression
Illness; Diver Decompression Sickness and Gender; Decompression Illness
and the Menstrual Cycle; Women and Diving: Medical and Health Considerations;
Physics and Physiology of Cold Water Diving; Human Factors and Design in
Recreational Diving Equipment: A Woman's Perspective; Health and Safety
Standards; Introduction to Modern Women in the Workplace; the Ama Divers;
Women Warriors Plunge Into Military Diving; Women in Underwater Archaeology,
and in Recreational Diving; Breaking Out of the Gender Box: Case Studies.
Hardcover (laminated boards),
400 pages mono charts and photographs, index. |