TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1982//
TI  - Survival following accidental decompression to an altitude greater than 74,000 feet (22,555 m)
JO  - Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
A1  - Kolesari, G. L.
A1  - Kindwall, E. P.
SP  - 1211
EP  - 1214
VL  - 53
IS  - 12
N2  - A man was accidentally decompressed to an altitude greater than 22,555 m (74,000 ft) in an industrial vacuum chamber. He experienced burst lung, massive decompression sickness, and sustained ebulism. He remained at altitude for a period of 3-5 min. By 5.5 h following the accident, he was still profoundly unconscious. He was subsequently treated in a hyperbaric chamber with recompression on a modified U.S. Navy Table 6A and had eventual clinical recovery. The CPK peaked at 8000 units 2 d after the accident, demonstrating substantial barotrauma to the tissues.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-6562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -