Download or read book Medical Assessment of Working Divers written by Jürg Wendling and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bove and Davis Diving Medicine written by Alfred A. Bove and published by Saunders. This book was released on 2004 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers basic diving physiology; the pathophysiology of decompression sickness; maritime toxicology; assessment of fitness for diving; special considerations for female, elderly, and pediatric divers; diving-related problems in people with pre-existing medical conditions such as pulmonary, cardiac, and neurologic disease, and much more, with new chapters on the kinetics of intert gas, marine poisoning and intoxication, and diabetes and diving.
Download or read book Assessment of Diving Medical Fitness for Scuba Divers and Instructors written by Peter B. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medical Assessment of Fitness to Dive written by David Hallen Elliott and published by Best Publishing Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medical Examination of Sport Scuba Divers written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DAN Annual Diving Report 2019 Edition written by Petar Denoble and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2019 DAN Annual Diving Report is a summary of recreational scuba diving and freediving incidents, injuries and fatalities that occurred in 2017 in the U.S. or Canada or that involved U.S. or Canadian residents. DAN's intention is for this annual publication to enhance awareness of dive injuries and give divers the insights they need to better avoid emergencies.
Download or read book Diver Medical Technician written by Ronald L. Ellerman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Diver Medical Technician is responsible for the care and treatment of injured divers from every walk of life. From the recreational diver, to the elite deep saturation commercial divers, to the military special operations divers, and everything in between. Diver Medical Technician—Care of the Injured Diver, addresses the knowledge and skills required for the DMT to care for the vast variety of injuries that can befall anyone working or playing in a subaquatic environment. This workbook is intended to accompany the Diver Medical Technician—Care of the Injured Diver, 1st Edition textbook. It will hopefully provide exercises that will challenge the student and reinforce what was learned from both Diver Medical Technician—Care of the Injured Diver and lessons taught in the classroom. This workbook will also act as an examination review for both the NBDHMT and IMCA certification examinations. In many cases the Diver Medical Technician is the only healthcare professional available with the skills and knowledge to save the life of the injured diver. This workbook will test the knowledge of those skills and the knowledge base required to treat those injured in the diving and off-shore environment.
Download or read book Medical Assessment of Fitness to Dive written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fitness For Work written by Keith T Palmer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of this established book provides comprehensive information and practical guidance on the effects of medical conditions on employment and working capability. Every significant medical problem is covered, including the employment potential and assessment of anyone with a disability. Legal and ethical aspects are also addressed.
Download or read book Diving and Subaquatic Medicine Fourth edition written by Carl Edmonds and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference to clinical diving medicine. Written for doctors and paramedics who are responsible for the medical needs of divers both on or under the water, this new edition retains the strengths of its predecessors, with the emphasis still firmly on practical management. It features an improved section on the diving medical examination, changes to chapters on mortality statistics and drowning, new sections on habitat diving, breath-hold diving and technical diving, and many new illustrations.
Download or read book Development of a High utility Evidence based System of Occupational Health Surveillance for Divers written by Christopher Charles Sames and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routine health surveillance, and specifically routine occupational health surveillance in the form of a medical examination, is commonplace, and for many workers is mandatory. Perpetuation of workplace policies that mandate testing such as 'the annual medical' is influenced by a variety of 'stakeholder' agendas. However, evidence of the utility of such testing is lacking. The primary aim of this research was to find evidence to clarify whether widely accepted basic components of the current occupational diver health surveillance programme are 'fit for purpose' and actually enable an appropriate determination of fitness to work. The working hypothesis underlying the studies that comprise this thesis was that there is no evidence to support many of the current mandatory requirements of occupational health surveillance or fitness-to-work determination. A secondary aim was to propose a justifiable and logical health surveillance system for this particular group of workers, professional divers, with possible broader applicability to other categories of workers. Using the case of professional divers as an exemplar, the various components of the routine health surveillance and certification process were examined for their contribution to determining fitness to dive. First, the only two mandatory investigations of the physical examination are tests of lung function and hearing. The value of these investigations was assessed using three longitudinal studies seeking evidence of any correlation between professional diving and clinically significant deterioration in either lung function or hearing. Second, a postal survey was conducted to determine whether the doctors who perform dive medical examinations were able to accurately determine fitness to dive based on vital health information. Third, diver satisfaction with the current certification system was determined using an internet-based survey of registered divers over a 12-month period. Fourth, a qualitative study examined diver interpretations and the value of the individual component questions in the current annual health questionnaire. Fifth, the utility of the current surveillance system was examined using two audits spanning different 5-year intervals. These audits involved analysis of divers' health records to iv determine whether the vital information leading to diver disqualification came from the annual health questionnaire or from the medical examination. Finally, an audit of ex-divers was conducted to determine whether health-related issues were a significant factor in the high rate of attrition of professional divers. The results demonstrated that neither lung function nor hearing was significantly affected by long-term professional diving activity. The doctors who conduct medical assessments of divers were found to perform little better than chance in determining fitness to dive. Most divers were satisfied with the current health certification/surveillance system. Dissatisfaction was mainly related to cost and a limited understanding of the reasons for the various facets of the system. All questions comprising the annual health questionnaire were correctly interpreted by divers, although some questions were considered of low value by experts. Audits of the current system concluded that routine physical examination or investigations did not add significantly to the value of the health questionnaire in uncovering those conditions incompatible with, or requiring modification of, ongoing professional diving. Finally, health-related factors did not appear to be a significant determinant of diver attrition, strongly validating the modifications thus far to the health surveillance system. The over-all conclusion to be drawn from this body of research is that routine medical examinations of professional divers are unreliable and unnecessary. A modified surveillance programme, centred on a health questionnaire, has been proposed for this specialised group of workers, with the aim of providing considerable savings of time and money, but no increase in health risk. Other groups of workers are likely to be similarly affected by health surveillance protocols in need of revision for lack of a reliable supporting evidence base.
Download or read book The Physiology and Medicine of Diving written by Peter B. Bennett and published by Bailliere Tindall Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Scuba Diving Explained written by Lawrence Martin and published by Lawrence Martin. This book was released on 1997 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Physician s Guide to Diving Medicine written by C.B. Carlston and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to be a physician's guide for those interested in diving and hyperbaric environments. It is not a detailed document for the erudite researcher; rather, it is a source of information for the scuba-diving physician who is searching for answers put to him by his fellow nonmedical divers. Following the publication of The Underwater Handbook: A Guide to Physiology and Performance for the Engineer there were frequent requests for a companion volume for the physician. This book is designed to fill the void. Production of the book has been supported by the Office of Naval Research and by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Research and Development Command, under Navy Contract No. NOOOOI4-78-C-0604. Our heartfelt thanks go to the many authors without whose contributions the book could not have been produced. These articles are signed by the responsible authors, and the names a~e also listed alphabetically in these preliminary pages. Every chapter was officially reviewed by at least one expert in the field covered and these reviewers are also listed on these pages. Our thanks go to them for their valuable assistance. We are grateful to Marthe Beckett Kent for editing Chapter III. Our thanks also go to Mrs. Carolyn Paddon for typing and retyping the manuscripts, and to Mrs. Catherine Coppola, who so expertly handled the many fiscal affairs.
Download or read book Diving Physiology of Marine Mammals and Seabirds written by Paul J. Ponganis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date synthesis of comparative diving physiology research, illustrating the features of dive performance and its biomedical and ecological relevance.
Download or read book Fitness for Work written by John Hobson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'bible' of occupational health, Fitness for Work is the most in-depth and comprehensive resource available on the relationship between ill health and employment. The specialist advice given covers health hazards in the work place, fitness for work, and rehabilitation after illness or injury. A truly current source, it discusses the social aspects of work, and problems associated with our ageing workforce and changing population. Communicating occupational health advice to patients, employees, and doctors, Fitness for Work improves relationships in the workplace. It details the impact of a patient's health on work, and how they can be supported to gain or remain in employment. This invaluable source argues that in a suitable role, an employee can derive immense benefits to their health and well-being from work. Importantly, this comprehensive title also presents tactics on how to reduce inappropriate barriers to work for those who have overcome an injury or disease, and those who live with chronic conditions. Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition of Fitness for Work is based on the latest research evidence and clinical advances. The first half of the book focuses on the general principles of fitness to work and occupational health practice, such as legal aspects, ethical principles, health promotion, health surveillance and general principles of rehabilitation. In addition, it advises on sickness absence, ill health retirement, medication, transport, vibration and travel. In the second half of the book, chapters are arranged by clinical speciality or topic, and are co-authored by a topic specialist and a specialist occupational physician providing a comprehensive view of the subject. For effortless reference, each specialty chapter outlines the conditions covered, their prevalence and impact, and discusses the clinical aspects and treatment that affects work capacity. All recommendations are evidence-based and make use of the NICE guidelines. The definitive text on the relationship between health and work, Fitness for Work delivers a wealth of valuable consensus guidance, codes of practice, and locally evolved standards. This highly-regarded resource is essential for all occupational health practitioners.
Download or read book Diving Medicine written by Olaf Rusoke-Dierich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the very first to cover the decompression theory in detail. It gives many information on all topics of the diving medicine, and is richly and uniquely illustrated. It offers a good guideline of high quality practice in diving medicine. The author provides a very structured and easy to understand book, by covering all aspects of the diving medicine, such as equipment, physiology, and related issues as gas intoxications, venomous animals or damages that can occur in the diving practice. Relevant physiological and anatomical illustrations enlight even complex topics. The Diving medicine book will appeal to health experts like doctors and nurses, but also to diving schools and teachers
