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Diving Medicine

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Authors:
  1. Olaf Rusoke-Dierich

    1. Townsville, Australia

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  • Provides an updated exhaustive decompression theory
  • Deals with all aspects of medical and physical details of diving and travel medicine
  • Offers a comprehensive and richly illustrated state-of-the-art of diving medicine

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Diving History

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 3-14

    3. Basic Diving Equipment

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 15-19

    4. Scuba Diving

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 21-27

    5. Dive Tables and Dive Computers

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 29-32

    6. Tech Diving

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 33-38

  3. II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Composition of the Normal Air

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 41-42

    3. Pressure

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 43-45

    4. Physical Behaviour of Gas

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 47-55

    5. Decompression Theory

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 57-79

    6. Bubble Flow

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 81-83

    7. Archimedes’ Principle

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 85-86

    8. Optical and Acoustic Changes Underwater

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 87-90

    9. Thermal Conductivity

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 91-92

    10. Conversion Tables for Physical Units

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      Pages 93-94

  4. III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Diving Physiology and Anatomy

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 97-109

    3. Respiration

      • Olaf Rusoke-Dierich
      Pages 111-122
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About this book

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

Reviews

“For most occupational health physicians (OHPs) it is unlikely to be more than a basic reference source for recreational diving pursuits.” (Alan Bray, Occupational Medicine, Vol. 70 (2), March, 2020)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Townsville, Australia

    Olaf Rusoke-Dierich

About the author

Dr Olaf Rusoke-Dierich studied medicine in Munich and Berlin. After graduating in 1998, he spent 3 years in hyperbaric medicine and 1 year as a doctor for drug rehabilitation program. He completed his PhD in Munich, Germany and practiced for 4 years in an emergency medicine service, 4 years training and completion of fellowship of general practitioner, 2 years of work as general and 3 years working as contractor for the Australian Defence Force (General Medicine/Occupational Medicine)

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diving Medicine

  • Authors: Olaf Rusoke-Dierich

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73836-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73835-2Published: 13 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08865-1Published: 05 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73836-9Published: 27 August 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 440

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 233 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sports Medicine, Pneumology/Respiratory System, Emergency Medicine, Primary Care Medicine

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