TM5508 - Diving and Marine Medicine
[Offered in odd-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences |
This subject conducted in association with the Townsville Hospital, presents the basic principles of underwater and hyperbaric medicine. A series of lectures, demonstrations and practical sessions highlight the taking of a diving history, performing a diving medical examination, decompression sickness, management of near-drowning, hypothermia, sinus and ear barotrauma, diving equipment, gases, physiology, diving hazards and diving techniques. A hyperbaric unit is located at the Townsville Hospital. Marine hazards such as bites and stings are also covered.
Learning Outcomes
- apply the principles of diving, marine and hyperbaric medicine in assessing an individual's fitness for diving and hyperbaric exposures;
- offer advice on the major health risks to which divers are exposed;
- develop an approach to the management and further investigation of common diving illnesses;
- describe the scope of diving, marine and hyperbaric medicine, including the areas of current research.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Face to face teaching 17-Oct-2017 to 20-Oct-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Geoffrey Gordon, Professor Peter Leggat |
| Lecturers: | Assoc. Professor Geoffrey Gordon, Professor Peter Leggat. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); mid-semester exam (15%); assignments (20%); evolving clinical problems (15%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.