||PMTX 1022X - Medical Aspects of Diving ||For the correct
edition of the textbook assigned to a specific class, go to:
http://www.nutextdirect.com Initial instruction on basic anatomy
and physiology of the body related to diving, particularly the
systems affected by hyperbaric or hydrostatic pressure. Learn to
recognize, prevent, and provide care for the following diving
maladies: decompression sickness, near drowning, squeezes and
barotraumas, hypothermia, hyperthermia, hypoxia, anoxia,
dyspnea, CO2 toxicity, CO poisoning, oxygen toxicity, nitrogen
narcosis; and over inflation conditions of: pneumothorax,
emphysema (subcutaneous and mediastinal), and arterial gas
embolism. |Course Learning Outcomes: - Describe and explain the
normal function of the following human systems affected by
diving and hyperbaric exposures: Skin, Respiratory,
Cardiovascular and Lymphatic, Nervous, Blood, and Sensory
(Ears), and musculoskeletal. - Explain the physiological
problems associated with breathing gases: asphyxia, hypoxia/