Severe "suction injury" due to implosion of an underwater camera casing: mechanism of injury.
The dynamics of a "suction injury" of soft tissues in a deep-sea diver caused by the implosion of a home-made camera casing at a depth of 40 m have been investigated. An unprotected rubber ring holding the window on the outside of the camera casing was apparently not sufficiently rigid to prevent the outward movement of the glass at the periphery and shattering inwards at the center as a result of pressure of 500 kg at a depth of 40 m.
D000328:Adult; D004242:Diving; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000293:injuries; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000293:injuries; D013848:Thigh / Q000293:injuries*