Pulmonary barotrauma in divers vs procedures initiated by emergency medical personel

Pulmonary barotrauma in divers during emergency free ascent training: review of 124 cases.

INTRODUCTION Experience from treating diving accidents indicates that a large proportion of divers suffering from pulmonary barotraumas (PBT) or arterial gas embolism (AGE) were engaged in training dives, specifically emergency free ascent (EFA). We tried to verify this relationship and to calculate, if possible, the risk associated with normal recreational dives, training dives, and EFA traini...

Recommend caution in defining risk factors for barotrauma in divers.

especially if one does not fail to notice the often associated decrease in T-wrave voltage in leads I and avL which are often present in these cases. I am in complete disagreement, however, with the interpretation of myocardial repolarization with refer¬ ence to T-wave inversion as given by Dr. Nikolic, and stated as representing the opinion of most cardiologists. His assumption regarding both ...

Barotrauma vs volutrauma.

Advanced medical life support procedures in vitally compromised children by a helicopter emergency medical service

BACKGROUND To determine the advanced life support procedures provided by an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for vitally compromised children. Incidence and success rate of several procedures were studied, with a distinction made between procedures restricted to the HEMS-physician and procedures for which the HEMS is more experienced than the EMS...

Advanced medical life support procedures in vitally compromised children by a helicopter emergency medical service

Background: To determine the advanced life support procedures provided by an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for vitally compromised children. Incidence and success rate of several procedures were studied, with a distinction made between procedures restricted to the HEMSphysician and procedures for which the HEMS is more experienced than the EMS...