Hi,
As a relatively new spearo I started reading up on latest free diving techniques & theory. It is pretty scary to read. I also talk to a scuba instructor. There seems to be some new ailment, accident scenario or danger to discuss every time we meet. I thought it might be interesting to create a list of common injuries, maladies, etc. that afflict freedivers ... so that we all know what we are letting ourselves in for.
Here is my little starter list, please feel free to add more, correct, re-classify, etc. or explain more (some of these seem to be inter-related):
1. Blackout zzz
a. LOMC "loss of motor control (LOMC or LMC)".
b. SWB Shallow Water Blackout (scary)
:hungover
2. Coughing blood. :crutch
a. Associated with Blebs (=bubbles)? "Foaming saliva with traces of blood".
(intra-alveolar hemorrhaging?)
3. Barotrauma :head :blackeye
a. "Lung Squeeze" = pulmonary oedema/edema (the one that kills high altitude mountaineers, along with the celebral variety).
b. Ear injuries: perforated ear drum (, ruptures to inner ear/eustachean tubes??)
4. "Free diver bends" ? :friday Presumably caused by repeated short duration, deep dives within a relatively short period of time.
5. Immersion hypothermia
6. Perforated lung/pneumothorax/collapsed lung. :naughty
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As a relatively new spearo I started reading up on latest free diving techniques & theory. It is pretty scary to read. I also talk to a scuba instructor. There seems to be some new ailment, accident scenario or danger to discuss every time we meet. I thought it might be interesting to create a list of common injuries, maladies, etc. that afflict freedivers ... so that we all know what we are letting ourselves in for.
Here is my little starter list, please feel free to add more, correct, re-classify, etc. or explain more (some of these seem to be inter-related):
1. Blackout zzz
a. LOMC "loss of motor control (LOMC or LMC)".
b. SWB Shallow Water Blackout (scary)
:hungover
2. Coughing blood. :crutch
a. Associated with Blebs (=bubbles)? "Foaming saliva with traces of blood".
(intra-alveolar hemorrhaging?)
3. Barotrauma :head :blackeye
a. "Lung Squeeze" = pulmonary oedema/edema (the one that kills high altitude mountaineers, along with the celebral variety).
b. Ear injuries: perforated ear drum (, ruptures to inner ear/eustachean tubes??)
4. "Free diver bends" ? :friday Presumably caused by repeated short duration, deep dives within a relatively short period of time.
5. Immersion hypothermia
6. Perforated lung/pneumothorax/collapsed lung. :naughty
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