Review of Diving Accident Reports 1968

Abstract

All diving accidents reported to the U.S. Navy Experimental Diving Unit during 1968 were coded and statistically analyzed. The incidence of decompression sickness was the most common accident to occur to divers. Those decompression accidents involving military divers were separated, and the various variables associated with this type of accident were analyzed. Several variables, such as the diver's physical characteristics, environmental diving conditions and treatment outcome were compared with similar data for the 1961- 1967 base period. Differences between the base period and 1968 are shown in percentages. In addition, significant and interesting case histories of accidents that occurred in 1968 are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0723175

Entities

People

  • J. R. Tammany
  • James K. Summitt
  • Thomas E. Berghage

Organizations

  • United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Divers
  • Embolism And Thrombosis
  • Fatalities
  • Gases
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Pain
  • Personnel Management
  • Qualifications
  • Safety
  • Safety Factor
  • Shallow Water
  • Standards

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.