Diving Medicine Research Ideas?

[Mako Mark]

Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh...

You could try to find out if dive instructors are sexier than non dive instructors...

 

[DeepSeaDan]

Hello,

Let us introduce ourselves, we are five medical students currently in our 4th year studying in London.

As part of our medical course, we are offered to organise Special Study Modules (also called Self selected modules), this gives us an oppurtunity to study into greater depth any medically related subject that is of interest to us.

In our initial investigation we read a bit around the various fields of adventure medicine and we found diving medicine as being the most interesting and exciting topic and we are keen on doing our special study module in this area. We were hoping to do a small research project on diving medicine. It would be nice to experience diving medicine first hand but at the same time contribute to its development by conducting some research. However the field of diving medicine is relatively new for us and hence it would be great to get your expert input regarding diving medicine related topics that warrant further research.

We have been allocated 4-5 weeks in the Nov/Dec period later this year, by our university to do the Special Study Module.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thank You,
Auzz.

...I attended UHMS annual meetings ( I was a working oilfield diver then ), & every year I asked the good Docs. if there was any research underway in two areas:

> the long-term effects of saturation exposure

> the effects on the working diver from the practice of "surface decompression"

Every year they told me the same thing: unavailability of data from the major divng contractors & lack of funding.

If your interested, perhaps you could do something with one of those areas...

Regards,
DSD