Mending the Bends: Assessment, Management, and Recompression Therapy [Spiral-bound]

David Merritt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1930536054 | ISBN-13: 978-1930536050 | Publication Date: June 5, 2002 | Edition: 1

This 76 page, easy-read book was designed to facilitate the hyperbaric chamber operators where he/she needs it most. Spiral bound, this book opens flat and hangs on the wall for easy access.

Complete with flow charts and treatment tables taken from the "U.S. Navy Diving Manual", this book covers everything from operational procedures to the considerations to be made before, during and after recompression therapy.

Whether you are new to the field or are an experienced hyperbaric chamber operator, this book is a must-have!

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 76 pages
• Publisher: BEST PUBLISHING CO.; 1 edition (June 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930536054
• ISBN-13: 978-1930536050
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,794,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally....a dive medical book for the average diver!!!, November 9, 2002

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Joanne Heins MD (milwaukee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mending the Bends: Assessment, Management, and Recompression Therapy (Spiral-bound)

This book is concise and has information useful to the average scuba diver. It discusses decompression sickness and its treatment in terms that everyone can understand. The various chapters cover aspects of dive physiology that are pertinent for divers on every dive.
I highly recommend this book for both medical and non-medical divers. It is also a must for every dive master responsible for maintaining dive safety for all levels of divers.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What every scuba diver should know about the bends, November 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Mending the Bends: Assessment, Management, and Recompression Therapy (Spiral-bound)

This book was written after having the opportunity to travel all over the world, and see how dive injuries were treated in non U.S. medical facilities. Also, after working in a hyperbaric facility in the Caribbean, and treating numerous dive injuries, it became clear that the diving public had a marginal indoctrination at best, into hyperbaric injuries, how and why they happen, and how to manage them. In most hyperbaric facilities outside the U.S., the facilities are generally staffed by volunteers with a level of training comperable to a paramedic or Physician Assistant. Very few of these indivudals have had formal Hyperbaric training, and were primarily trained "on the
job". At some sites, they may even look to the divemaster to assist with medical treatment. If you are a divemaster, and working in the capacity where you may need to make a medical decision about one of your divers, this book can give you significant background information that may make that decision making dilemma a little easier. While this book is not meant to replace medical training, it can certainly make it easier to understand what can go wrong, and why we do what we do, when it does go wrong.