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First aid includes life-sustaining measures up to the point of hospital admission. The most important thing is to recognise an acute emergency and to distinct between non-life-threatening and life-threatening conditions. It is vital to distinguish, if there is immediate danger and if the injury poses a risk of rapid deterioration or dangers to life. Emergencies during diving are all types of DCI, arterial gas embolism, pulmonary barotrauma, drowning, hypo- or hyperthermia and injuries of marine creatures.
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Rusoke-Dierich, O. (2018). First Aid. In: Diving Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73836-9_31
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