@article{ref1,
title="Provisional report on diving-related fatalities in Australian waters in 2012",
journal="Diving and hyperbaric medicine",
year="2018",
author="Lippmann, John and Lawrence, Chris and Fock, Andrew and Jamieson, Scott",
volume="48",
number="3",
pages="141-167",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: An individual case review of known diving-related deaths that occurred in Australia in 2012 was conducted. <br><br>METHOD: The case studies were compiled using statements from witnesses and reports of the police and coroners. In each case, the particular circumstances of the accident and details from the post-mortem examination, where available, are provided. <br><br>RESULTS: There were 26 reported fatalities (four less than the previous year). Only two of the victims were female (one snorkeller and one scuba diver). Fourteen deaths occurred while snorkelling and/or breath-hold diving, 11 while scuba diving and one diver died while using surface supplied breathing apparatus in a commercial pearl diving setting. Two breath-hold divers likely drowned as a result of apnoeic hypoxia. Cardiac-related issues were thought to have contributed to the deaths of at least three and possibly seven snorkellers and four scuba divers. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Pre-existing medical conditions; poor organisation, planning and supervision; equipment-related problems; snorkelling or diving alone or with loose buddy oversight and apnoeic hypoxia were features in several deaths in this series.<br><br>Copyright: This article is the copyright of the authors who grant Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine a non-exclusive licence to publish the article in electronic and other forms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1833-3516",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}