Graduate Research School

Peter Buzzacott

Thesis

Risk factors for recreational diving morbidity and mortality in Western Australia

Summary

Amongst recreational divers three leading causes of morbidity and mortality are drowning/near-drowning, barotraumas due to expanding air whilst ascending and decompression illness (DCI), caused by the dissolution or forceful introduction of gas forming bubbles within bodily tissues. Running out of air, a loss of buoyancy control and making a rapid ascent have been found associated with these types of diving morbidity and mortality. These risk factors are also known to occur concurrently. Why people run out of air and/or ascend rapidly remains a mystery.

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