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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 23027 |
| CIS number |
75-1134 |
| Year |
1975 |
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| Author(s) |
Susbielle G., Jullien G. |
| Title |
Work in compressed air |
| Original title |
Le travail en atmosphère comprimée. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale. Maladies - Agents physiques, Fascicule 16500 A10, 1-1975, 18 rue Séguier, 75006 Paris, France, 12p. Illus. 45 ref. |
| Abstract |
This article, which takes stock of current knowledge in this field, contains sections devoted to: definition of pressure, units and principles of pressure balance; survey of individual (light and heavy diving outfits) and group (shields, caissons) diving equipment; study of the phenomena of life under pressure, its physical and biochemical laws, and the biological effects of dissolved gases; clinical study of accidents and injury (mechanically caused or due to toxic or biophysical phenomena) which may occur during or after remaining in compressed air; medical and technical prevention of these incidents (decompression tables); treatment of acute cases; compensation. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
caissons; diving; work in pressurized atmosphere; decompression sickness |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hyperbaric pressure; encyclopaedia; compensation of occupational diseases; France; carbon dioxide; decompression; helium; nitrogen; chokes; barotrauma; decompression osteoarthropathy; health engineering; recompression; decompression tables; hyperoxia; diving helmets; medical prevention; decompression otitis |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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Hyperbaric pressure
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