title: Diving medicine: contemporary topics and their controversies.
abstract: SCUBA diving is a popular recreational sport. Although serious injuries occur infrequently, when they do knowledge of diving medicine and/or where to obtain appropriate consultation is essential. The emergency physician is likely to be the first physician contact the injured diver has. We discuss 8 subjects in diving medicine which are contemporary, yet may have controversies associated with them. From this information the physician dealing primarily with the injured diver will have a basis for understanding and managing, as well as where to find additional help, for his/her patients' diving injuries.
authors.affiliation: Baromedical Department, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90801-1428, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Borer
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries; D001469:Barotrauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004242:Diving / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012307:Risk Factors; D013178:Sports Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires