Walker Douglas, Lippmann John, Lawrence Chris, Huston John, Fock Andrew
Principal researcher for Project Stickybeak since its inception in 1972, a founder member of SPUMS and Editor of the SPUMS Journal from 1974 to 1990.
Diving Hyperb Med. 2009 Sep;39(3):138-61.
An individual case review of diving-related deaths reported to have occurred in Australia in 2004 was conducted as part of the DAN Asia-Pacific dive fatality reporting project.
The case studies were compiled using reports from witnesses, the police and coroners. In each case, the particular circumstances of the accident are provided, and also details from the post-mortem examination, where available.
In total, there were 22 reported fatalities, all male. Nine deaths occurred while snorkelling and/or breath-hold diving, 10 while scuba diving, one just prior to scuba diving, one while using surface-supply breath apparatus and one while diving with a rebreather. In this series, cardiac-related issues were thought to have contributed to the deaths of five snorkel divers and three scuba divers, and in one person who was about to go diving. Three of the deaths in breath-hold divers were likely to have been associated with apnoeic hypoxia blackout.
Pre-existing medical conditions, inexperience, time away from diving, inadequate supervision, and diving without appropriate training were features in several scuba deaths in this series.
作为DAN亚太地区潜水死亡报告项目的一部分，对2004年据报在澳大利亚发生的与潜水相关的死亡案例进行了个案审查。
案例研究是根据目击者、警方和验尸官的报告汇编而成的。在每个案例中，都提供了事故的具体情况，以及尸检的详细信息（如有）。
总共报告了22起死亡事件，死者均为男性。9人在浮潜和/或屏气潜水时死亡，10人在水肺潜水时死亡，1人在即将进行水肺潜水前死亡，1人在使用水面供气式呼吸设备时死亡，1人在使用循环呼吸器潜水时死亡。在这一系列案例中，心脏相关问题被认为导致了5名浮潜潜水者、3名水肺潜水者以及1名即将潜水者的死亡。屏气潜水者中有3人的死亡可能与窒息性缺氧昏迷有关。
在这一系列案例中，一些水肺潜水死亡案例的特征包括既往存在的健康问题、缺乏经验、潜水间隔时间过长、监督不足以及未经适当培训就进行潜水。
