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Physiology and Anatomy for Scuba Divers: A Manual for the Technically Inclined
By Captain Fred Calhoun, PE
Edited by Cecile Christensen
46 pages, 8-1/2x5-3/8, saddle stitched, tables
No ISBN
Pub Date: 2005
Price $15.00
This book provides an introduction to physiology and anatomy as they apply to breathing air and other gases while submerged underwater. Many of the effects resulting from increased pressure underwater can cause serious accidents. Safe diving involves understanding what physiologial effects are to be encountered, recognizing the limits that are imposed, and knowing how the effects can be avoided or reduced.
This book provides a very general discussion of human phisiology and anatomy and the effects produced by diving. .
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Systems of the Body
- The Musculoskeletal System
- The Nervous System
- The Digestive System
- The Circulatory System
- The Respiratory System
- Circulation
- Respiration
- The Upper Respiratory Tract
- The Lower Respiratory Tract
- The Respiratory Appatatus
- Respiratory Tract Ventilation
- Control of Breathing
- Oxygen Consumption
- Oxygen Consumption and RMV
- Respiratory Problems in Diving
- Hypoxia
- Symptoms of Hypoxia
- Preventing Hypoxia
- Treatment for Hypoxia
- Excessive Carbon Dioxide
- Asphyxia
- Breathing Resistance and Dyspnea
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Hyperventilation
- Barotrauma
- Middle Ear Squeeze
- Sinus Squeeze
- Tooth Squeeze
- External Ear Squeeze
- Thoracic (Lung) Squeeze
- Body/Face Squeeze
- Middel Ear Overpressure
- Sinus Overpressure
- Overexpansion of the Stomach
- Inner Ear Dysfunction and Vertigo
- Pulmonary Overinflation Syndromes
- Arterial Gas Embolism
- Mediastinal/Subcutaneous Emphysema
- Pneumothorax
- Indirect Effects of Pressure
- Nitrogen Narcosis
- Oxygen Toxicity
- Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity
- Central Nervous System Oxygen Poisoning
- Convulsions
- Absorption of Inert Gases
- Desaturation of Tissues
- Decompression
- Decompression Sickness
- Body Temperature & Heat Loss, Etc.
- Body Temperature Regulation
- Excessive Heat Loss (Hypothermia)
- Symptoms of Dropping Core Temperature
- Excessive Heat (Hyperthermia)
- Symptoms of Heat Stress
- Dehydration
- Hypoglycemia
About the Author & Editor
Captain Fred Calhoun is registered professional engineer. He has been diving since 1953 during which time he has owned a dive shop, and since 1978, captained the dive boat Easy Rider out of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Fred began teaching scuba in 1957 and has been a certified instructor for NEC, YMCA, NAUI and PDIC. He is the recipient of the NAUI Outstanding Achievement Award and was one of the original inductees in the NAUI Hall of Honor. He is also the recipient of the SSI Platinum Pro 5000 award and the J.B Green award.
Together with his wife Chris, Fred has made several award-winning underwater films including The Wall (CINE Prize) about diving the Tongue of the Ocean, and Largo (Knights of Malta, Island of Malta Prize) shot off the coast of the Florida Keys.
Cecile Christensen has been scuba diving since 1966 and is a NAUI instructor. She ia a principal of the Boston Scuba Diving Show and the first mate of the dive charter boat Easy Diver. In addition, she is a film and video editor/producer who has produced Florida Keys and Bahamas dive guides.
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