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Submarine Rescue Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Dituri J, Whelan H. Hyperbaric Medical Practice, 4th Edition (BEST Publishing). 2017:1117-1149.

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When a submarine is disabled on the bottom, the rescue diver works at the intersection of every pressure physiology problem at once: depth, time, gas mix, decompression obligation, and a casualty who may already be injured. This chapter covers the medical and engineering framework for that scenario.

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