STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR DIVING HYPERBARIC CHAMBERS

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Diving and hyperbaric ophthalmology.

Exposure of the human body to ambient pressures greater than that at sea level may result in various disorders, some of which have ocular manifestations. Additionally, some eye disorders and postoperative states may be adversely affected by the underwater environment or other hyperbaric exposures. The prevalence of recreational, military, and commercial diving, as well as the medical use of hyp...

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR MULTIPLACE HYPERBARIC CHAMBERS Part I: Devices for Monitoring and Cardiac Support

Kot J: Medical equipment for multiplace hyperbaric chambers. Part I: Devices for monitoring and cardiac support. Europ J Underwater Hyperbaric Med 2005, 6(4): 115-120. All medical devices introduced into the hyperbaric chamber should be of an appropriate design and fit for use in the hyperbaric environment and they should be certified by the manufacturer for hyperbaric conditions. However, unti...

Reports of Other Diving and Hyperbaric Meetings

If we are using the Duocom, we initially compress to 18 msw with the intention of treating using a RN Table 62 profile of pressure and time. We have the option of going to 50 msw in deteriorating cases. On arrival in Townsville, the diver is transferred, under pressure, to the main chamber in the Hyperbaric Medicine Unit of the Townsville General Hospital (Figure 3), where the treatment profile...

Ultrasound in diving and hyperbaric medicine.

Ultrasound is a safe and effective imaging modality, the use of which is increasing exponentially in many areas of clinical medicine. In this article, we present what is, to our knowledge, the first in-chamber use of an ultrasound machine. We discuss the challenges this presented, how they were addressed and explore the possible clinical applications that in-chamber ultrasound may deliver in hy...