TY - JOUR
T1 - Dirty diving
T2 - Sudden death of a SCUBA diver in a water treatment facility
AU - Nichols, G. R.
AU - Davis, G. J.
AU - Parola, A. C.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - We report a case of a sudden death in a SCUBA diver working at a water treatment facility. The victim, an employee of the facility with a specialty in electronics, was a sport diver not qualified in commercial diving. While attempting to clean sludge from a blocked drain 25 ft under water, the diver was suddenly pinned against the drain valve when the sludge plug was broken up. We review the mechanics of the incident and the actual cause of death, asphyxia, as opposed to drowning. We believe this to be the first reported case of traumatic (pressure) asphyxia in a SCUBA diver.
AB - We report a case of a sudden death in a SCUBA diver working at a water treatment facility. The victim, an employee of the facility with a specialty in electronics, was a sport diver not qualified in commercial diving. While attempting to clean sludge from a blocked drain 25 ft under water, the diver was suddenly pinned against the drain valve when the sludge plug was broken up. We review the mechanics of the incident and the actual cause of death, asphyxia, as opposed to drowning. We believe this to be the first reported case of traumatic (pressure) asphyxia in a SCUBA diver.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000433-199203000-00014
DO - 10.1097/00000433-199203000-00014
M3 - Article
C2 - 1585891
AN - SCOPUS:0026568843
SN - 0195-7910
VL - 13
SP - 72
EP - 75
JO - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
JF - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
IS - 1
ER -