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<p>The paper describes the case of a military diver who suffered from a complicated poisoning caused by hydrocarbons contained in his breathing air. The hydrocarbons came from a malfunctioning compressor which was used to fill the diving cylinders; the compressor sucked in the exhaust gases of its own motor. Exhaust gas poisoning was further complicated by hypoxia and hypercapnia as the diver spat out the mouthpiece and started to breathe from inside the suit. This resulted in a loss of consciousness. The diver was extracted to the surface and was given oxygen to breathe. The course of treatment was successful. On the same day, symptoms of exhaust gas poisoning occurred in several divers using cylinders filled with the same compressor.</p>
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The paper describes the case of a military diver who suffered from a complicated poisoning caused by hydrocarbons contained in his breathing air. The hydrocarbons came from a malfunctioning compressor which was used to fill the diving cylinders; the compressor sucked in the exhaust gases of its own motor. Exhaust gas poisoning was further complicated by hypoxia and hypercapnia as the diver spat out the mouthpiece and started to breathe from inside the suit. This resulted in a loss of consciousness. The diver was extracted to the surface and was given oxygen to breathe. The course of treatment was successful. On the same day, symptoms of exhaust gas poisoning occurred in several divers using cylinders filled with the same compressor.

Diver Poisoning with Contaminated Compresses Air

Department of Maritime and Tropical Medicine of the Military Medical Academy

Polish Hyperbaric Research

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The paper describes the case of a military diver who suffered from a complicated poisoning caused by hydrocarbons contained in his breathing air. The...

Diver Poisoning with Contaminated Compresses Air

Publié en ligne: 30 avr. 2021

Pages: 51 - 54

Accepté: 14 nov. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2020-0010

Mots clés
diving, exhaust fumes, poisoning, hypercapnia, hypoxia, accident

© 2020 Romuald Olszański et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Diver Poisoning with Contaminated Compresses Air

Publié en ligne: 30 avr. 2021

Pages: 51 - 54

Accepté: 14 nov. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2020-0010

Mots clésdiving, exhaust fumes, poisoning, hypercapnia, hypoxia, accident

© 2020 Romuald Olszański et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
diving, exhaust fumes, poisoning, hypercapnia, hypoxia, accident