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Emergency handling of compressed air casualties / G.H. Koch.: D68-25/4-1976E-PDF

"Work in compressed air is associated with a number of hazards, the most serious of which are the pressure-related injuries (burst lung and decompression sickness). Modern construction methods and newer decompression tables have con-considerably reduced overall risks. The newest treatment methods have similarly reduced morbidity and fatality risks when an accident occurs. This paper outlines the basics of emergency handling of casualties and the definitive treatment of pressure related accidents"--Abstract, page v.

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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (Canada), issuing body.
  • Canada. Department of National Defence, issuing body.
TitleEmergency handling of compressed air casualties / G.H. Koch.
Series title
  • DCIEM technical report ; No. 76-X-39
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Defence Research and Development Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 20).
Publishing information
  • Downsview, Ontario : Diving Division, Defence Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Department of National Defence, Canada, May 1976.
Author / Contributor
  • Koch, G. H., author.
Description1 online resource (v, 20 pages)
Catalogue number
  • D68-25/4-1976E-PDF
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