Diving Medicine

Acknowledgements Preface Abbreviations 1. Diving History 2. Basic Diving Equipment 3. Scuba Diving 4. Dive Tables and Dive Computers 5. Tech-Diving 6. Composition of the Normal Air 7. Pressur 8. Physical Behaviour of Gas 9. Decompression Theory 10. Bubble Flow 11. Archimedes' Principle 12. Optical and Acoustic Changes Underwater 13. Thermal Conductivity 14. Conversion Tables for Physical Units 15. Cardiovascular System 16. Respiration 17. Nervous System 18. Sensory Organs 19. Energy Balance 20. Nutrition 21. Temperature Regulation 22. Acid-Base Balance 23. Barotrauma 24. Decompression Illness (DCI) 25. Oxygen window 26. Intoxication of Breathing Gases During Diving 27. Apnoe Diving 28. Damage Caused by External Factors 29. Venemous and Dangerous Animals of the Sea 30. Assessment for Diving Fitness for Recreational Divers 31. First Aid 32. Travel Medicine... Mehr