ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM FOLLOWING A 1-METER ASCENT DURING HELICOPTER ESCAPE TRAINING - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
BENTON PJ WOODFINE JD WESTWOOD PR
Citation
Pj. Benton et al., ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM FOLLOWING A 1-METER ASCENT DURING HELICOPTER ESCAPE TRAINING - A CASE-REPORT, Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 67(1), 1996, pp. 63-64
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus
Journal title
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00956562
Volume
67
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
63 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-6562(1996)67:1<63:AGEFA1>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We present the case of a helicopter pilot who suffered an arterial gas embolism following instruction in the use of the Short Term Air Suppl y System (STASS) at a depth of 1 m of water. This is believed to be th e shallowest depth from which a case of arterial gas embolism associat ed with the use of compressed air breathing apparatus has been reporte d.