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 enlarge | Authors: Michael Strauss, Igor V. Aksenov
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $27.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 69397
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0736048308
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.98022
EAN: 9780736048309
ASIN: 0736048308
Publication Date: May 2004
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 Emergency Medicine March 18, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The book "Diving Science" is the best source I have found for understanding divers and scuba related injury and illness. It is detailed enough to provide an excellent understanding of why certain events occur and organized so that it can be used as a quick reference when an emergency physician is evaluating a patient for the potential of diving related pathology. One might think this resource should only be included in the basic reference library of emergency departments near the ocean, but scuba is a rapidly expanding sport in fresh water as well as salt water. In addition, because a plane flight can precipitate a diving related problem, every emergency physician, regardless of where he or she works, will need to confront the possibility of diving related pathology. "Diving Science" is enjoyable and useful reading for any physician with a sense of curiosity and the drive to continue to learn. I strongly recommend this book as a primary emergency department resource.
Gary Moreau, M.D.
Diving Science: A practical Diving Source Book March 9, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Strauss and Aksenov, both experts in the field of diving, have gathered an amazing number of hard to find facts to incorporate in this book. There are statistics and facts in this volume of which most people in the diving business are unaware. It is well organized and a vignette or case history at the end of each section entitled "Putting it all together" illustrates in a practical manner how the material presented relates to the real world. Most Scuba students do not learn the science of diving, or the details of the pathology of embolism or bends. Scuba instructors have enough to teach proper diving technique and do not wish to dwell on material that might frighten potential customers. This book supplies all the information the average diver might want to know. The reader is led through the psychological problems of diving and divers, problems on the surface and the descent, factors influencing the diver while on the bottom and potential problems encountered on the ascent. There is also an excellent section on hypothermia, what the limits are and what the diver can do about it. This important subject is not even mentioned in the typical Scuba diving course sylabus. The book also has a chapter dealing with marine animals and mangagement of injuries including envenomations. For the Scuba instructor this book is a superb reference source for answers to the surprising questions Scuba students often ask. The book is well indexed. The authors are to be commended. I give it five stars!
Eric P. Kindwall, M.D.
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