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- Underwater Medicine Associates - An educational organization devoted to diving medicine with information diving medicine, links, diving medicine textbooks and underwater photo gallery.
- Diving Medicine Online - Comprehensive information about diving and undersea medicine for the non-medical diver, the non-diving physician and the specialist. Online physicians and consultants answer questions about diving medical problems.
- Doc's Diving Medicine - Original articles, ongoing research and useful links related to diving and undersea medicine from the University of Washington and Dr Edmond Kay.
- European Underwater and Baromedical Society - Dedicated to the study and promotion of diving and hyperbaric medicine.
- Hyperbaric Medicine Unit , Grampian University Hospital - Information for SCUBA divers by the Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust Hyperbaric Medicine Unit about their services as well as treatment of the bends and CO poisoning.
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society - A professional organization representing physicians, nurses and technicians in the field of hyperbaric medicine.
- Divers Alert Network - A non-profit international organization, with its emergency hotline, provides dive safety and medical information, medical research programs, first aid training programs, emergency oxygen equipment, and affordable accident insurance.
- Health Link MCW - A question and answer format about scuba diving after a blood clot.
- First Bosnian Scuba Diving School - Find information on CMAS instruction, photo gallery, dive medicine, course costs, and contact details.
- Hypothermia and Near Drowning - Outlines of diagnosis, early treatment and management of the diver with hypothermia and near-drowning. From Diving Medicine Online.
Wikipedia Articles
- Diving medicine - Diving medicine, also called undersea medicine, is the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of conditions caused by humans entering the undersea environment. It includes the effects on the body of pressure on gases, the diagnosis and treatment of conditions caused by marine hazards and how relationships of a diver's ...
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society - The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) is the primary source of information for diving and hyperbaric medicine physiology worldwide. It was founded as the Undersea Medical Society in 1967 but in 1986 changed the name to Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.
- Valsalva maneuver - In medicine, the Valsalva maneuver is performed by forcibly exhaling against closed lips and pinched nose, forcing air into the middle ear if the Eustachian tube is open. This maneuver with slight modifications can be used as a test of cardiac function and autonomic nervous control of the heart or to ‘clear’ the ears (equalize pressure) when ambient pressure changes, as in diving or aviation.