title: [Medical certification for high altitude travel and scuba diving].
abstract: People are more and more looking for adventures and discovery of unusual locations. Journeys to high altitude and scuba diving are part of these activities and their access has become easier for a lot of people not necessarily experienced with their dangers. The general practitioner will have to be able to deliver some advices and recommendations to his patients about the risks related to these activities and their ability to practice them. He will also have to deliver some certificates of medical fitness to dive. This paper proposes a brief review of the most important medical aspects to know about high altitude and scuba diving.
authors.forename: Timothée
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wuillemin
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dos Santos Bragança
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ziltener
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Berney
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lanier
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004282:Documentation; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care