SSI OPEN WATER DIVERCMAS ONE STAR DIVER

PROGRAM

LECTURE 2

EMU UNDERWATER SPORTS CLUBCIU UNDERWATER SPORTS CLUB

SINUS

TOOTH

Lung

Air Embolism

         

      

                                              

Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries represents entry-level training to educate the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public to better recognize possible dive-related injuries and to provide emergency oxygen first aid while activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and / or arranging for evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.

                        Email: mail@daneurope.org

Tel. +39

                         

 

                        Email: mail@daneurope.org

Tel. +39

                         

 

Decompression Chamber

Hyperbaric chamber: A sealed compartment used to treat Air Embolism and decompression sickness, in which pressure is first increased and then gradually decreased.

Decompression sickness

Henry Law

Henry Law: At a constant temperature, the amount of a given gas dissolved in a given type and volume of liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas in equilibrium with that liquid.

Decompression sickness (DCS) is a condition that occurs when divers come back to the surface too quickly after being deep under water. It is caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood stream and, in the worst cases, can cause death.

Nitrogen: • A tasteless, odorless gas that makes up four-fifths of Earth's

atmosphere. • Decompression sickness is also known by other names, such as

decompression illness and caisson (pronounced KAY-son) disease. DCS was called caisson disease in the nineteenth century because it occurred among construction workers who worked in caissons, building the supports for bridges at the bottom of lakes and rivers.

Decompression Sickness: Words to Know

Decompression stops: Stops divers should make when returning to the surface to let the nitrogen in their blood dissolve safely out of their bodies. Charts developed by the U.S. Navy and other groups list the number of stops and the time to be spent at each stop.

Based in Nicosia (Lefkosa), TR North CYPRUS, the Hyperbaric Medicine Center

You may call these numbers for diving emergencies and medical advice in CYPRUS :90 392 228 54 41 – 1080          Hospital

90 533 841 99 33..................... Dr Tarık IZBUL90 533 849 62 02..................... Murat ZEREN

90 533 840 22 64..................... Nurettin BALKANLI