Managing scientific diving operations in a remote location: The Canadian high Arctic

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 239-243

  Sayer, Martin D J ^a   Küpper, Frithjof C ^b   van West, Pieter ^c   Wilson, Colin M ^d   Brown, Hugh ^a   Azzopardi, Elaine ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Lorn Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decompression illness; First aid; Injuries; Medical kits; Oxygen; Remote locations; Scientific diving

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS; FIRST AID; INJURIES; MEDICAL KITS; OXYGEN; REMOTE LOCATIONS; SCIENTIFIC DIVING;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EXPEDITIONS; HUMANS; SEAWEED; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84890945194     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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