Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2012 Feb;61(2):137-42.
doi: 10.1007/s00101-011-1974-0.

[Case report: fatal diving-accident. Or: accident while diving?]

[Article in German]
F Böttcher  1 , B Jüttner, A Krause, M Rocha, W Koppert
Affiliations
Review

[Case report: fatal diving-accident. Or: accident while diving?]

[Article in German]
F Böttcher et al. Anaesthesist. 2012 Feb.

Abstract

This example of a fatal diving accident shows how challenging such cases can be in pre-hospital and clinical care. There is no common mechanism in diving fatalities and more than one group of disorders coming along with decompression sickness. Diving medicine is not an element of medical education, which results in insecurity and hampers adequate therapy of diving incidents. This is aggravated by an insufficient availability of hyperbaric chambers in Germany.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

  • [Diagnosis and treatment of diving accidents. New German guidelines for diving accidents 2014-2017].
    Jüttner B, Wölfel C, Liedtke H, Meyne K, Werr H, Bräuer T, Kemmerer M, Schmeißer G, Piepho T, Müller O, Schöppenthau H; German Society for Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine; Swiss Underwater and Hyperbaric Medical; German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine; Naval Medical Institute; Sports Divers Association; Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Building Trade; Association of Hyperbaric Treatment Centers; Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Jüttner B, et al. Anaesthesist. 2015 Jun;64(6):463-8. doi: 10.1007/s00101-015-0033-7. Anaesthesist. 2015. PMID: 26025255 German.

References

    1. Anaesthesist. 2004 Nov;53(11):1093-102 - PubMed
    1. Anaesthesist. 2007 Jan;56(1):44-52 - PubMed
    1. Resuscitation. 2010 Oct;81(10):1219-76 - PubMed

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources