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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Azzopardi, Nazzareno | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T16:50:48Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T16:50:48Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1974 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Azzopardi, N. (1974). Traumatic air embolism. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 9(2), 119-121. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/16004 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A rare case of traumatic air embolism and a possible hazard to underwater divers using SCUBA method are herein described. This accident illustrates the risk untrained and unprepared divers run when faced with an emergency while deep under water. The trainer accompanying this man suffered from no ill-effects despite the rapid ascent. The importance of not diving after a hearty meal is made evident by the probability that the vomiting caused this diver to pull off the mouth piece while 30 meters underwater. Though the patient discussed was once found fit to be an aeroplane pilot this does not exclude the presence of any pulmonary inflammatory lesion that could have caused a weakening of the tracheo-bronchial tree. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Embolism | en_GB |
dc.subject | Scuba diving accidents -- Malta -- Case studies | en_GB |
dc.subject | Scuba diving accidents -- Prevention | en_GB |
dc.title | Traumatic air embolism | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 9, Issue 2 TSLHG, Volume 9, Issue 2 |
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Traumatic Air Embolism.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 192.79 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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