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==Background==
==Background==
*[[Scuba Diving Emergencies]]
*[[Scuba diving emergencies]]
**Underwater diving with the use of a compressed air cylinder, a regulator, a buoyancy compensator, and additional gear that generally includes a wetsuit, fins, mask, dive watch, weights.
**Underwater diving with the use of a compressed air cylinder, a regulator, a buoyancy compensator, and additional gear that generally includes a wetsuit, fins, mask, dive watch, weights.
**Requires certification, generally through [https://www.padi.com/ PADI] or [https://www.naui.org/certifications/ NAUI]
**Requires certification, generally through [https://www.padi.com/ PADI] or [https://www.naui.org/certifications/ NAUI]
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*'''Free Diving'''
*'''Free Diving'''
**Underwater diving without supplemental oxygen, dating back thousands of years to early shellfish divers. Additional gear may include weights, fins, suit, dive watch.  
**Underwater diving without supplemental oxygen, dating back thousands of years to early shellfish divers. Additional gear may include weights, fins, suit, dive watch.


==Clinical Features==
==Clinical Features==

Revision as of 20:16, 12 July 2020

Background

  • Scuba diving emergencies
    • Underwater diving with the use of a compressed air cylinder, a regulator, a buoyancy compensator, and additional gear that generally includes a wetsuit, fins, mask, dive watch, weights.
    • Requires certification, generally through PADI or NAUI
    • Divers Alert Network, DAN emergency hotline phone number (919) 684-9111
  • Free Diving
    • Underwater diving without supplemental oxygen, dating back thousands of years to early shellfish divers. Additional gear may include weights, fins, suit, dive watch.

Clinical Features

Differential Diagnosis

Evaluation

Management

Disposition

See Also

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