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Selected Decompression Procedures for Survivors Who Became Saturated in a Sunken Wreck

   | Jun 29, 2018

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This article is one of the series dedicated to the DiveSMART Baltic project conducted to better coordination of international underwater rescue operations in the Baltic Sea. The project DiveSMART Baltic has received Flagship status.

The article is the forth in the planned cycle of articles referring tasks realised in the Naval Academy in the framework of DiveSMART Baltic project. This article describes selected decompression procedures for victims who became saturated by air at maximum depth to H =30 mH2O in the air pockets of the hull of a sunken wreck. This subject is associated with the work package four ‘Medical treatment’ of the DiveSMART Baltic project: Identifies methods for different medical treatments in operational areas.