Research field: Decompression

Records in this field

1. Emergency Management of Stricken Divers in Remote Areas

   A diver gets hit far from a chamber and far from a hospital. What do you do with what you have? This chapter covers field management of decompression illness and barotrauma when evacuation is hours or days away, including in-water recompression protocols and improvised oxygen delivery.

   Record 01Publisher

   Role

   First author

   Authors

   Dituri J, Renaldo C

   Journal

   Hyperbaric Medical Practice, 4th Edition (BEST Publishing)

   Published

   2017 · 975-993

   Type

   Book chapter

   Field

   Decompression

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2. Echocardiographic evaluation of intracardiac venous gas emboli following in-water recompression

   A diver gets decompression sickness far from any chamber. Do you put them back in the water, or give them oxygen at the surface? This randomized trial used heart ultrasound to count gas bubbles after a deliberately provocative dive. In-water recompression cut the bubble load by 99.7 percent; surface oxygen by 90.1 percent. In a group this size the difference did not reach statistical significance, but it supports in-water recompression as a genuine emergency option when no chamber can be reached.

   Record 02PMID 27265987

   Role

   First author

   Authors

   Dituri J, Sadler R, Siddiqi F, Sadler C, Javeed N, Annis H, Whelan H

   Journal

   Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

   Published

   2016 · 43(2) · 103-112

   Type

   Randomized controlled trial

   Field

   Decompression

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3. Take Me Back Down: The Best “Over the Counter” Remedy for DCIs

   A short argument, published in the Marine Technology Society Journal, for in-water recompression as a field-available treatment for decompression illness. The title is the thesis: when no chamber is reachable, the ocean itself is the chamber.

   Record 03Publisher

   Role

   Sole author

   Authors

   Dituri J

   Journal

   Marine Technology Society Journal

   Published

   2013 · 47(6) · 80

   Type

   Journal article

   Field

   Decompression

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4. Lightweight, faster decompression and portable alternative to US Navy mixed gas diving

   An abstract presented at the UHMS meeting, proposing that closed-circuit rebreather technology could give Navy divers lighter equipment, shorter decompression obligations, and greater operational range than the standard open-circuit rig. The proposal came from operational experience: the author had run both systems in the fleet.

   Record 04USF faculty page

   Role

   First author

   Authors

   Dituri J, Parsley K, Whelan H

   Journal

   Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

   Published

   2007 · 34(4) · 255

   Type

   Conference abstract

   Field

   Decompression

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5. Heliox for Treatment of Air or Nitrox Induced Decompression Illness

   The earliest medical publication in this library. It proposes using heliox, a helium-oxygen breathing mix, as a treatment gas for decompression illness caused by air or nitrox diving. The argument rests on helium's faster diffusion and lower narcotic potency compared to nitrogen.

   Record 05USF faculty page

   Role

   Sole author

   Authors

   Dituri J

   Journal

   IBUM Journal

   Published

   1998 · 2-4

   Type

   Journal article

   Field

   Decompression

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