| dc.description.abstract | "This book makes it easy to understand the latest discoveries in diving research. You will enjoy reading about our current understanding of what happens to our bodies when we dive." JP Imbert: Decompression designer and technical diving pioneer
"As a doctor with a fair history and understanding of diving medicine and diving physiology I found the book interesting. It's the sort of book I would have loved to read in my early days. Saying that, I still enjoyed it today, and there are some lovely thought-provoking ideas and questioning of current dogma. This book is well worth the read. Who will get the most out of this book? Certainly clued-up enthusiast divers who really want to progress their knowledge, but I still suspect that the main audience would be those coming into the field of hyperbaric medicine. Some of the early chapters on decompression models and diving and the blood vessels got my brain working hard, yet others on commercial and recreational diving required no effort." Dr Ian Sibley-Calder, HSE Approved Medical Examiner of Divers, Occupational Health Physician
"If you ask a lay person what causes DCS they will likely tell you, "I don't know, I think it has something to do with bubbles".
If you ask a dive instructor they might discuss things like shaking a soda bottle. And, if you ask a physician, you may get an account referring to things like leukocyte adhesion, the coagulation of components inside a vein and the endothelium lining.
Finally, you find one of the top people in the world who do hyperbaric research on divers, ask them the same question and they will say, "I don't know, I think it has something to do with bubbles".
The bottom line is that we don't necessarily know what causes DCS. This book is an excellent discussion of what the third person you asked in the above scenario might say. It is an enjoyable, simplified read of a complex subject, which is easy for a non-scientist to comprehend. I would consider this an essential text for every diver's shelf."It is an enjoyable, simplified read of the complex subject we all know and love, which is easy for a non-scientist to comprehend. I would consider this an essential text for every diver's shelf." Joseph Dituri PhD (c), CDR, US Navy Saturation Diving Officer (ret)
From the Author
Welcome to Scuba Physiological, the latest book in the "Scuba" series... although this one is a little different.
I have always been fascinated by research into decompression sickness, nitrogen narcosis and the many other things that happen to our bodies when we go scuba diving. I know I am not alone in this. After all, safer diving is something we all aspire to. A while ago, someone passed me a copy of The Science of Diving. I read it (admittedly with a lot of help from Google) and called him back. "Hey, this is great!" I thought. "How come I've never heard of it?"
I thought the material was too good to stay hidden away and got in touch with the guys who had originally put the book together. I proposed an e-book, abridged, edited, simplified and re-formatted, that would make the information in The Science of Diving more accessible to the general population of divers who don't have PhDs. They thought it was a great idea and gave me huge support all the way through what turned out to be a much more difficult task than I had imagined.
The result is Scuba Physiological.
Have I succeeded in making very complex topics easier to understand? I think I have. But that doesn't mean Scuba Physiological is not heavy going in parts. You, the readers, will be the judge. I think that, even if it makes your brain hurt a little at times, the information in Scuba Physiological will make you a safer and more knowledgeable diver, which is what this project is really all about. And it will definitely inspire serious reflection and leave you wanting to know more! | en_US |
