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decompression sickness
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- decompression illness (DCI) gas embolism ebullism aeroembolism arterial gas embolism (AGE) air embolism the bends
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION; INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. IAMSAR manual: international aeronautical and maritime search and rescue manual: volume 2: mission co-ordination. 3rd. ed. Montreal, 2013. (Doc. 9731)
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: DCS.
- Contexto
- Divers with decompression sickness or an air embolism require immediate treatment with hyper-baric oxygen in a recompression chamber. These dive-related injuries are worsened by reduced atmospheric pressure. Aircraft transporting these victims should fly at the lowest safe altitude, which may require taking a less direct route.
- Subárea
- Aviation Medicine
- Français
- maladie des caissons