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| Title: | When Everything Goes Right: Implications for Scientific Diving Safety Programs. |
| Authors: | Hodges, V |
| Keywords: | DIVING
Scientific Diving
accident
injury
incident
case report
pulmonary edema |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) |
| Citation: | NW Pollock and JM Godfrey (Eds.) The Diving for Science…2007, Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS), Twenty-sixth annual Scientific Diving Symposium, University of Miami, Miami, FL. |
| Abstract: | In April 2006, a serious injury incident occurred involving a diver at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, resulting in a near-drowning, full cardiac arrest, subsequent rescue, emergency medical treatment, rehabilitation and ultimately a full recovery for the 43 year old female patient. The diver was conducting a routine dive when she suddenly became unconscious at a depth of 26 ft. No medical history or contraindications for diving were evident, no equipment malfunctions were discovered, and the causative features of this event are not clear, however radiographic finding were consistent with pulmonary edema. The diver spent six days on a ventilator and several weeks making a full recovery, while the incident was investigated and analyzed. Virtually everything went right, yet puzzles remain. While this dive was not a scientific dive, many lessons can be learned which have implications for scientific diving programs. |
| Description: | American Academy of Underwater Sciences (http://www.aaus.org/) |
| URI: | http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/6999 |
| ISBN: | 0-9800423-1-3 |
| Appears in Collections: | American Academy of Underwater Sciences
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