Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities - Divers Alert ...
Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities - Divers Alert ...
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Figure 39 shows the total number of recompressi<strong>on</strong>s for injureddivers. Nearly 80 percent of injured divers received <strong>on</strong>e to threetreatments. The median number of treatments was two, and thehighest number was 13. Only 6 percent of injured divers receivedmore than five treatments.% of Injured <strong>Divers</strong>5045403530252015Fig 39Total numberof recompressi<strong>on</strong>sfor injured divers(N=414).10501 2 3 4 5 6 7-13# of Recompressi<strong>on</strong>sTable 7 indicates that DCS I received the fewest recompressi<strong>on</strong> treatmentswhile DCS II received the most. For the Perceived SeverityIndex, the PSI categories Pain and Cardiopulm<strong>on</strong>ary had the fewestrecompressi<strong>on</strong>s while Serious Neurological had the most.CategoryRecompressi<strong>on</strong>sDiagnosis N cases Median Maximum Mean SDDCS 1 73 1 5 1.5 0.8AGE 27 1 7 2 1.5DCS 2 277 2 13 2.6 1.9BT 4 1 5 2.5 1.9Ambiguous 33 1 5 1.8 1Perceived Severity IndexSerious Neurological 147 2 13 2.8 2.1Cardiopulm<strong>on</strong>ary 9 1 4 1.5 1.1Mild Neurological 177 2 9 2.2 1.5Pain 81 1 5 1.5 0.8Table 7Number ofrecompressi<strong>on</strong>s bydiagnosis andPSI.DAN’s <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Decompressi<strong>on</strong> <strong>Illness</strong>, <strong>Diving</strong> <strong>Fatalities</strong> and Project Dive Explorati<strong>on</strong>: 2003 Editi<strong>on</strong> 49