Reliability of venous gas embolism detection in the subclavian area for decompression stress assessment following scuba diving.

Introduction: Ultrasonic detection of venous gas emboli (VGE) in the precordial (PRE) region is commonly used in evaluation of decompression stress. While subclavian (SC) VGE detection can also be used to augment and improve the evaluation, no study has rigorously compared VGE grades from both sites as decompression stress indicators.

Methods: This retrospective study examined 1,016 man-dives breathing air extracted from the Defence Research and Development Canada dataset.

Erratum.

In the paper: Smart DR, Van den Broek C, Nishi R, Cooper PD, Eastman D. Field validation of Tasmania's aquaculture industry bounce-diving schedules using Doppler analysis of decompression stress. Diving Hyperb Med.

Field validation of Tasmania's aquaculture industry bounce-diving schedules using Doppler analysis of decompression stress.

Introduction: Tasmania's aquaculture industry produces over 40,000 tonnes of fish annually, valued at over AUD500M. Aquaculture divers perform repetitive, short-duration bounce dives in fish pens to depths up to 21 metres' sea water (msw). Past high levels of decompression illness (DCI) may have resulted from these 'yo-yo' dives.

Hyperbaric chamber attendant safety I: Doppler analysis of decompression stress in multiplace chamber attendants.

Introduction: Incidences of decompression sickness of 0.76% have been reported in hyperbaric attendants exposed to routine 243 kPa treatment tables. Occupational health risks of this magnitude are not acceptable in routine clinical practice.

Validation of diving decompression tables.

Research on the validation of decompression tables is one of the common subject areas of the co-operation undertaken between the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Toronto, Canada, and The Naval Academy of Gdynia, Poland. For several years now, a systematic survey of diving technologies has been conducted among the target projects financed by the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research and the Polish Navy. Among the most important problems discussed have been various aspects of decompression safety.