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| Title: | Diving Fatalities in Australia - Illustrative Cases. |
| Authors: | Bayliss, GJA |
| Keywords: | DIVERS
Fatality
morbidity
commercial
recreational
pulmonary barotrauma
oxygen poisoning
teeth
post-mortem |
| Issue Date: | 1967 |
| Publisher: | Royal Australian Navy |
| Citation: | Bayliss GJA. 1967. Diving Fatalities in Australia - Illustrative Cases. Royal Australian Navy, School of Underwater Medicine. Project 1-67. |
| Abstract: | In recent years there has been a tremendous increase in underwater swimming and this has led to the occurrence of special medical problems (Weeth, 1965; Davies, 1962; Duffner, 1961; Lanphier, 1957). Unfortunately, the lack of knowledge of these problems on the part of divers and their attendant medical practitioners has resulted in considerable morbidity, and the occasional fatality, among both commercial and recreational divers. The ultimate cause of death in underwater accidents is usually drowning, although in reported series of diving deaths (Denney and Read, 1965; Macfie, 1964; Miles, 1962) cases are described in which such conditions as pulmonary barotrauma, oxygen poisoning, inhaled false teeth and coincidental illness or injury have either caused death or else been an important contributing factor. The aim of this communication is to desoribe some illustrative cases from 25 diving fatalities that have occurred in Australia in the past decade. Accurate figures on the incidence of fatal accidents in diving are very difficult to obtain, as there is no recognized authority governing civilian diving on a national basis. The following cases have been selected from records made available by the forensic pathologists in Commonwealth and State Departments of Health in the capital cities of Australia. Unfortunately, in some of the cases it has not been possible to clarify the meaning of certain descriptive phrases relating to the post-mortem appearance of the divers' internal organs, particularly the lungs. First Published as: Med J Aust. 1966 Dec 31;2(27):1262-4. PubMed ID: 5957601 |
| Description: | Citation Status: Active; Citation Classification: Unclassified; Title Classification: Unclassified; Report Classification: Unclassified; Identifier Classification: Unclassified; Abstract Classification: Unclassified; Distribution Limitation(s): 01 - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; Information provided by the Royal Australian Navy (http://www.navy.gov.au/) is considered public information and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. |
| Gov't Doc # : | RANSUM 1-67 |
| URI: | http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4951 |
| Appears in Collections: | Naval Medical Reports and Statistics
Royal Australian Navy (RANSUM)
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