Commentary on "Fatal air embolism in a breath-hold diver" and the implied dangers of technical freediving

Diving Hyperb Med. 2021 Mar 31;51(1):124. doi: 10.28920/dhm51.1.124.

Authors

Derek Covington^{1

2}, Chris Giordano¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville FL, USA.
² Corresponding author: Derek Covington, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville FL, USA, covington.d@gmail.com.

No abstract available

Keywords: Barotrauma; Breath-hold diving; Cerebral arterial gas embolism; Diving deaths; Sputum.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Barotrauma*
Breath Holding
Decompression Sickness*
Diving* / adverse effects
Embolism, Air* / diagnostic imaging
Embolism, Air* / etiology
Humans