Aetiology and occurrence of diving injuries. A review of diving safety.

This paper examines multifaceted aspects of diving entries into water which are the cause of many critical injuries (costed at $A150 million) and therefore have important safety ramifications. Wedge and compression fractures are most commonly found in the cervical area of the spine with off-centre impacts with the pool or sea bottom. Diving-related injuries range from 2.

Safe depths for teaching children to dive.

Eight stages commonly used to teach diving were analysed for peak vertical velocity; vertical velocity at and following water impact and at previously recommended minimum water depths; maximum depth reached; and relationship between vertical velocity and maximum depth attained at each stage; for 13 male and 13 female children aged 6-8 years. Comparisons of mean water impact vertical velocities and maximum depths attained revealed significantly lower impact vertical velocities (F[6] = 117.39, p < 0.