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Hydrostatic shock, also known as hydro-shock, is the controversial concept that a penetrating projectile (such as a bullet) can produce a pressure wave that causes "remote neural damage", "subtle damage in neural tissues" and "rapid effects" in living targets.
Aspiration of water contaminated by scrubber medium. Leakage of water into the breathing loop of a rebreather, which dissolves alkaline material used to chemically remove carbon dioxide from exhaled air. This contaminated water may move further along the breathing loop and reach the diver's mouth, where it may cause choking, and in the case of ...
Underwater diving is practiced as part of an occupation, or for recreation, where the practitioner submerges below the surface of the water or other liquid for a period which may range between seconds to the order of a day at a time, either exposed to the ambient pressure or isolated by a pressure resistant suit, to interact with the underwater ...
A recent experimental study showed increased pulmonary artery pressure with cold water immersion, but this was done in normal subjects rather than in people with a history of SIPE. [17] A study in SIPE-susceptible individuals during submersion in cold water showed that pulmonary artery and pulmonary artery wedge pressures were higher than in ...
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2. Procedure of driving water out of the bottom of an open diving bell by displacing it with air or other breathing gas at ambient pressure. blowout. Main article: Blowout (well drilling) Uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from a well after pressure control systems have failed. blowout preventer. Main article: Blowout preventer
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The leading cause of PWC accidents among riders in 2007 was reckless or careless driving. [16] According to the National Transportation Safety Board in the U.S., this accounted for 26.3 percent of all PWCs involved in accidents in 2007. [17] Reckless driving has been defined in the Personal Watercraft Act of 2005 in the U.S. as follows: