Wilderness: Diving Emergency Contacts (cont.)
Medical Author:
Scott D. Fell, DO, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Ivette Motola, MD
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
James Kimo Takayesu, MD
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Synonyms and Keywordsdiving emergency contacts, scuba diving, scuba diving emergencies, DAN, Divers Alert Network, bends, decompression sickness, decompression illness Authors and EditorsAuthor: Scott D. Fell, DO, FAAEM Editors: Ivette Motola, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James Kimo Takayesu, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital. REFERENCE: Divers Alert Network. Last Editorial Review: 9/6/2012 |
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Diving as a profession can be traced back more than 5000 years, yet diving-related disease was not described until Paul Bert wrote about caisson disease in 1878.
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