Diving medicine
Diving Medicine
Diving medicine (pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/) is a branch of medicine that deals with the medical conditions associated with underwater diving.
Etymology
The term "diving medicine" is derived from the words "diving", which refers to the act of descending below water, and "medicine", which refers to the science of diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases.
Overview
Diving medicine is concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of conditions caused by humans entering the undersea environment. It includes the effects on the body of pressure on gases, the diagnosis and treatment of conditions caused by marine hazards and how relationships of a diver's fitness to dive affect a diver's safety.
Related Terms
- Hyperbaric Medicine: This is a related field that deals with the medical use of oxygen at a level higher than atmospheric pressure.
- Decompression Sickness: Also known as the bends, this is a condition arising from dissolved gases coming out of solution into bubbles inside the body due to depressurization.
- Barotrauma: This refers to injuries caused by increased air or water pressure, such as during airplane flights or diving.
- Nitrogen Narcosis: This is a reversible alteration in consciousness producing a state similar to alcohol intoxication in divers who descend below 30 meters (about 98 feet).
- Dive Computer: This is a device used by a scuba diver to measure the time and depth of a dive so that a safe ascent profile can be calculated and displayed.
- Dive Tables: These are used to determine how long a diver can stay at a given depth without needing to do decompression stops, and how long those stops need to be.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Diving medicine
- Wikipedia's article - Diving medicine
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