Citation

Edmonds C, Caruso J. Diving Hyperb. Med. 2014; 44(2): 91-96.

Affiliation

Division Director, Chief Medical Examiner/Coroner, Denver Office of the Medical Examiner, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society and European Underwater and Baromedical Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24986727

Abstract

Modifications to the investigation procedures in diving fatalities have been incorporated into the data acquisition by diving accident investigators. The most germane proposal for investigators assessing diving fatalities is to delay the drawing of conclusions until all relevant diving information is known. This includes: the accumulation and integration of the pathological data; the access to dive computer information; re-enactments of diving incidents; post-mortem CT scans and the interpretation of intravascular and tissue gas detected. These are all discussed, with reference to the established literature and recent publications.

Language: en