[Current problems in prophylaxis and treatment of acute decompression disease of mild degree].

The authors discuss the causes leading to the rise of acute decompression illness in the amateur skin-divers. They include the insufficient training of most skin-drivers in the basis of diving physiology and medicine, the underwater dipping without consideration of individual sensitivity to decompression illness and nitrogen narcotic action, disorders in decompression regimens, non-observance of behavior rules after dipping, use of air transport immediately after dipping. The case of delayed treatment of decompression illness is described.

[Typical pathology during the free immersion of a man under water].

The free immersion of a man under the water is accompanied by the threat of specific disorders which could cause the drowning. The article examines the causes, conditions and mechanisms of two most frequent pathological states, i.e.