The leading textbook of diving medicine, by international experts, has been completely revised and updated. It provides a comprehensive account relating the basic medical sciences to clinical conditions associated with diving. In-depth coverage of the physiological basis for safe diving, the pathophysiological basis for diving illnesses and the management of diving accidents is included. Features new chapters on fitness to dive, long term health effects of diving, and management of diving accidents.

Diving is a popular leisure activity, and doctors should therefore be aware of diving-related medical problems and treatable conditions. A self-assessment for fitness to dive must be carried out before recreational diving is started and regularly thereafter. The diver confirms that he/she has understood the risks caused by the listed health factors and that he/she has obtained an appropriate medical assessment if any such risk factor was possibly observed.