[Recreational diving accidents in Sweden].
Even if recreational diving is gradually becoming safer, the 2-6 fatalities each year is the most serious problem in recreational diving. Human factors are behind 75% of the fatalities and medical problems seldom cause fatalities. On average 40 recreational divers are treated with recompression each year. Signs and symptoms are in general mild and only few sequelas are seen. The number of traumas to ear/balance organs, sinuses, lungs etc are difficult to estimate but these are most likely not a large part of all patients in the health care. It is currently difficult to estimate the risks in recreational diving since there is no exact information on the number of dives that are performed each year.
Ornhagen
Hans
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Institutionen för försvarsmedicin, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm. hans.ornhagen@foi.se
Hagberg
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D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D001469:Barotrauma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004242:Diving / Q000293:injuries* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology