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- Title
Pulmonary barotrauma with cerebral arterial gas embolism from a depth of 0.75-1.2 metres of fresh water or less: A case report.
- Authors
Lindblom, Ulrika; Tosterud, Carl
- Abstract
During underwater vehicle escape training with compressed air, a fit 26-year-old soldier suffered pulmonary barotrauma with cerebral arterial gas embolism after surfacing from a depth of 0.75-1.2 metres of freshwater or less. She presented with an altered level of consciousness. Rapid neurological examination noted slurred speech, a sensory deficit and right hemiparesis. Eleven hours after the accident, hyperbaric oxygen treatment was initiated using US Navy Treatment Table 6. The soldier almost completely recovered after repeated hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Given the very shallow depth this is an unusual case with only two similar case reports published previously.
- Subjects
DECOMPRESSION sickness; CEREBRAL arteries; GAS embolism; HYPERBARIC oxygenation; CONSCIOUSNESS; NEUROLOGIC examination
- Publication
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine: Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society, 2021, Vol 51, Issue 2, p224
- ISSN
1833-3516
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.28920/dhm51.2.224-226