8. DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS TYPE II
• SERIOUS; NEUROLOGICAL
• WEAKNESS,
• LOSS OF SENSATION,
• ATAXIA,
• VERTIGO,
• DISTURBANCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND MENTATION,
• DISTURBANCE OF VISION,
• DISTURBANCE OF BOWEL AND BLADDER CONTROL
9. ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM
• RESULTS WHEN A DIVER ASCENDS WITHOUT VENTING AIR FROM THE LUNGS
• BOYLE’S LAW: PRESSURE VOLUME
• LUNG RUPTURE PNEUMOTHORAX, SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA,
PNEUMOPERICARDIUM
• SYMPTOMS: PAIN, RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, COUGH, HEMOPTYSIS,
UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CONVULSION, APHASIA, HEMIPARESIS, CORTICAL BLIND,
QUADRIPLEGIA, RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC ARREST
• MAYBE ASSOCIATED WITH PATENT FORAMEN OVALE, OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY
DISEASES, ASTHMA
13. SUMMARY
• DIVING INJURY CAN CAUSE NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS
• CLASSIFIED INTO: DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS TYPE I & II (CAISSON DISEASE),
ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM, AND DIVING-RELATED ILLNESSES
• DEFINITIVE TREATMENT: RECOMPRESSION WITH HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
CHAMBERS (TIME FROM ONSET DEPENDENT)