Adverse events in competitive breath-hold diving.
Abstract
Medical observations are reported from an eight-day world championship breath-hold diving competition involving 57 participants. The deepest dive was to 75 metres, and the longest breath-hold time exceeded 9 minutes. There were 35 diving-related adverse events witnessed or reported, including transient loss of motor control due to hypoxia, syncope during ascent, hemoptysis, and pulmonary edema. All events occurred in healthy individuals, and...
Paper Details
Title
Adverse events in competitive breath-hold diving.
Published Date
Apr 11, 2006
Journal
Volume
33
Issue
1
Pages
55 - 62
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