Author: Charles Shilling
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-11-11
Total Pages: 929
ISBN-13: 1468421549
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This handbook attempts to translate data on various parameters of man's capability in underwater and hyperbaric environments for those without a background in the life sciences. Accomplishing any multifaceted task requires team work, and effective team work depends on facile communication among all participants. To communicate properly, all parties must understand each other's problems and be able to speak a similar language. To this end we believe that this publication will go a long way in furthering the understanding and communication necessary for maximum achievement. The U. S. Navy has a fundamental interest in all types of activities connected with the ocean and is especially interested in the growing field of manned underwater and hyperbaric activities. Thus, the manuscript for this comprehensive book was developed under Office of Naval Research contract N00014-67-A-0214-0013 with The George Washington University. We acknowledge with appreciation the financial support and technical guidance for this undertaking by the Naval Medical Research and Develop ment Command of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as well as by the Engineering Psychology Program and the Physiology Program of the Office of Naval Research. JOSEPH P. POLLARD Director Biological and Medical Sciences Division Office of Naval Research vii Preface A need was felt for a book that would document the relationship of the human being to the underwater hyperbaric environment in such a way that the individual unfamiliar with the psychological or biomedical jargon could still understand and appreciate the information.
Author: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. Workshop
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Peter B. Bennett
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall Limited
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 632
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The leading textbook of diving medicine, by international experts, has been completely revised and updated. It provides a comprehensive account relating the basic medical sciences to clinical conditions associated with diving. In-depth coverage of the physiological basis for safe diving, the pathophysiological basis for diving illnesses and the management of diving accidents is included. Features new chapters on fitness to dive, long term health effects of diving, and management of diving accidents.
Author: C. J. Lambertsen
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 1483272559
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Underwater Physiology is a collection of papers that deals with the physiologically limiting effects of undersea, high pressure exposure ranging from fundamental biological reactions, through integration of physiological stresses, and to limits actually experienced in deep diving. Papers discuss oxygen, the mechanisms of toxicity, and the effects of oxygen on cells and systems such as its pathological and physiological influences in the neurosensory ocular tissue. Other papers discuss the physical effects of pressure and gases on cellular function, protein structure, and the possibility of alleviating symptoms through the administration of drugs. Tests in mice show that various gases exhibit qualitative and semi-quantitative differences in the characteristics of sickness, reactions to hypoxia, and the time before the onset of symptoms. A computer, programmed for nonlinear gas transfer and other variables, running in real time can compute directly from the breathing mixture and provide a real time solution to decompression sickness under various conditions. A combined therapeutic approach, recompression and dextran (an effective lipemic clearing agent) should be capable of treating decompression sickness in humans. Other papers investigate the influence of inert gases and pressure on the central nervous system, as well as, situations in undersea and manned chamber operations. This collection can prove valuable for physiologists, biochemists, cellular biologists, and researchers involved in deep sea diving.
Author: Symposium on Underwater Physiology
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 954
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jolie Bookspan
Publisher: Neck and Back Pain Sports Medicine
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 266
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For all divers, beginner through instructor, search and rescue teams, training departments, health care providers, and family. Complex topics translated into understanding. Clear enough for all divers, substance for the advanced.
Author: Alf O. Brubakk
Publisher: Saunders Limited.
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 808
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This thoroughly updated edition, considered the 'bible' in this field since 1969, offers in-depth coverage of the physiological basis of safe diving and the pathogenesis of diving illnesses; the clinical diagnosis and management of diving disorders; and current equipment design and its practical clinical applications. Also covered is a current understanding of central nervous system pathology, contemporary decompression theories, and state-of-the-art treatment protocols for decompression, drowning and hypothermia.