| Document ID (ISN) | 62309 |
| CIS number |
94-1056 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fascicule 16560-A10, 3-1993
|
| Author(s) |
Géraut C., Simon C., Dupas D., Bellec J.M. |
| Title |
Hazards associated with underwater diving and work under hyperbaric conditions |
| Original title |
Risques de la plongée sous-marine et du travail en milieu hyperbare [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Intoxications - Pathologie professionnelle, 1993, Vol.64, No.101, 8p. 18 ref. |
| Abstract |
Summary of this survey article: mechanical hazards (barotrauma); risks to the middle and inner ear, the vestibular system, the sinus, the teeth, the face and the digestive system; biochemical hazards (hypoxia, hyperoxia, excess carbon dioxide and suffocation, carbon monoxide poisoning, nitrogen narcosis, high-pressure neurological syndrome); risks of gas embolism (physiopathology and circumstances of appearance; symptoms; what to do; prevention); water hazards; drowning; hazards due to plants and animals; aptitude determination; legislative information; compensation. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
France; symptoms; health hazards; diving; deep diving; work in pressurized atmosphere |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
compensation of occupational diseases; cold water; animals; plants; diseases of paranasal sinuses; arterial embolism; osteonecrosis; diseases of middle ear; diseases of internal ear; emergency treatment; first aid; neuropsychic effects; drowning; legislation; medical supervision; pulmonary embolism; encyclopaedia; data sheet; decompression bone damage |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Other industries and occupations
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Hyperbaric pressure
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