Underwater medicine

Author: Tao Hengyi
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book systematically introduces the history of diving and diving medicine, the relationship between diving medicine and the development of diving technology, as well as the latest achievements in practice and theoretical research in the field of diving and diving medicine from China and around the world. The book is divided into 15 chapters and 66 sections, covering main topics such as diving equipment, underwater environments and their effects on the human body, decompression theory, decompression methods, decompression schedule calculations, diving diseases and accidents, as well as the implementation methods and medical support for conventional air diving, helium-oxygen diving, hydrogen-oxygen diving, saturation diving, and submarine escape. At the end of the book, there are commonly used diving decompression tables and pressure treatment tables along with their usage methods. This book can serve as a textbook for medical schools and underwater engineering schools, as well as a reference for professionals in diving-related industries, including medical personnel, marine engineering technicians, diving operators, and related management personnel.