title: SUBSUNK-Royal Navy Medical support to Russian rescue attempt following sinking of the Kursk.
abstract: On 12 August 2000 a Russian Oscar class submarine, the KURSK, sank in the Barents Sea. This article describes the medical support provided by the Royal Navy in response to this tragic accident.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Benton
mesh_terms: D003664:Decompression / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000379:methods*; D012426:Russia; D013366:Submarine Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom