Methods for Treatment of Decompression Sickness Developed During Wreck Penetration

This article is one of the series articles relating to the DiveSMART project conducted to improve coordination procedures used in international underwater rescue operations in the Baltic Sea. The project DiveSMART Baltic has received the ‘flagship status’.

The article is the third in the planned cycle of articles relating to efforts made at the Naval Academy within the framework of DiveSMART Baltic project. It includes scenarios of treating decompression sickness acquired by divers during a rescue operation or after completed their decompression. These issues are connected with the work package four ‘Medical treatment’ of the DiveSMART Baltic project: Identifies methods for different medical treatments in operational areas.