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Unlike drowning or near-drowning, it does not involve ingestion of large volumes of water. It often results from faulty diving equipment or improper breathing techniques, allowing fine water droplets to reach the lower respiratory tract. The condition begins with cough and shortness of breath, followed by shivering, fever, and other systemic ...
The disorders are caused by breathing gas at the high pressures encountered at the depth of the water and divers will often breathe a gas mixture different from air to mitigate these effects. Nitrox , which contains more oxygen and less nitrogen , is commonly used as a breathing gas to reduce the risk of decompression sickness at recreational ...
Avoid diving in contaminated water. Analyse water before diving if presence of contaminants is suspected, but type and concentration is not known. If it is necessary, and depending on risk: A watertight drysuit with dry gloves and integral dry hood, and positive pressure full face diving mask will provide acceptable protection in some ...
Treatment depends on the specific disorder, but often includes oxygen therapy, which is standard first aid for most diving accidents, and is hardly ever contra-indicated for a person medically fit to dive, and hyperbaric therapy is the definitive treatment for decompression sickness.
Panorama at the mouth of Seal Slough (2022); road bridges are in the background and construction cranes on the left are being used during the reconstruction of the city wastewater treatment plant. According to the City of San Mateo, Seal Slough properly refers to just the outlet, where it experiences a tidal exchange with San Francisco Bay on ...
Recurrent airway obstruction, also known as broken wind, heaves, wind-broke horse, or sometimes by the term usually reserved for humans, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or disorder (COPD) – it is a respiratory disease or chronic condition of horses involving an allergic bronchitis characterised by wheezing, coughing and laboured breathing.
As with other forms of pulmonary edema, the hallmark of SIPE is a cough which may lead to frothy or blood-tinged sputum. Symptoms include: Shortness of breath out of proportion to effort being expended. [2] [7] Rapid, heavy or uneven breathing, or uncontrollable coughing. [10]
Bennett and Elliott's physiology and medicine of diving (5th Revised ed.). United States: Saunders. p. 501. ISBN 978-0-7020-2571-6. OCLC 51607923. Diving First Aid Manual, John Lippmann and Stan Bugg, DAN SEAP Membership Edition; The Diving Emergency Handbook, John Lippmann and Stan Bugg, ISBN 0-946020-18-3