Provisional report on diving-related fatalities in Australian waters 2009 Lippmann, John, Lawrence, Christopher, Fock, Andrew, Wodak, Thomas and Jamieson, Scott 2013, Provisional report on diving-related fatalities in Australian waters 2009, Diving and hyperbaric medicine, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 194-217. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads lippmann-provisionalreport-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 270.15KB 129 Title Provisional report on diving-related fatalities in Australian waters 2009 Author(s) Lippmann, John Lawrence, Christopher Fock, Andrew Wodak, Thomas Jamieson, Scott Journal name Diving and hyperbaric medicine Volume number 43 Issue number 4 Start page 194 End page 217 Total pages 24 Publisher South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2013-12 ISSN 1833-3516 Keyword(s) diving deaths scuba breath-hold diving surface-supply breathing apparatus (SSBA) diving accidents case reports Summary INTRODUCTION: An individual case review of diving-related deaths reported as occurring in Australia in 2009 was conducted as part of the DAN Asia-Pacific Dive Fatality Reporting Project. METHOD: The case studies were compiled using reports from witnesses, the police and coroners. In each case, the particular circumstances of the accident and details from the post-mortem examination, where available, are provided. RESULTS: In total, there were 21 reported fatalities (two more than in 2008), including 18 males and three females. Twelve deaths occurred while snorkelling and/or breath-hold diving, eight while scuba diving and one while using surface-supply breathing apparatus. Apneic hypoxia continues to be a problem with breath-hold divers and appears to have caused the death of three victims in this series. Cardiac-related issues were thought to have been the disabling injury in the deaths of at least three snorkel divers and at least three scuba divers. One of the victims was a student who became separated from her instructor on an introductory scuba dive in poor visibility. CONCLUSIONS: Apneic hypoxia, pre-existing medical conditions, snorkelling or diving alone, separation and inadequate supervision were once again features in several deaths in this series. Language eng Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 0 Not Applicable HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©[2013, South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society] Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30090678 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 18 Jan 2017, 10:57:57 EST Thu, 19 Jan 2017, 04:01:24 EST Thu, 19 Jan 2017, 05:05:22 EST Thu, 19 Jan 2017, 09:16:03 EST Thu, 19 Jan 2017, 09:22:30 EST Tue, 11 Jul 2017, 14:15:19 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 10:41:38 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:47:28 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 14 times in TR Web of Science Cited 9 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 114 Abstract Views, 130 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Jan 2017, 10:57:57 EST