Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Corresponding author: Dr Elizabeth Elliott, Royal Hobart Hospital, Liverpool St, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia, ORCiD: 0009-0005-3679-621X,
Diving Hyperb Med. 2024 Jun 30;54(2):86-91. doi: 10.28920/dhm54.2.86-91.
Tasmania is a small island state off the southern edge of Australia where a comparatively high proportion of the 558,000 population partake in recreational or occupational diving. While diving is a relatively safe sport and occupation, Tasmania has a significantly higher diving death rate per head of population than other States in Australia (four times the national diving mortality rate).
Three compressed gas diving deaths occurred in seven months between 2021-2022 prompting a review of the statewide approach for the immediate response of personnel to diving-related deaths. The review engaged first responders including the Police Marine and Rescue Service, hospital-based departments including the Department of Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine, and the mortuary and coroner's office.
An aide-mémoire for all craft groups, digitalised checklists for first responders (irrespective of diving knowledge), and a single-paged algorithm to highlight inter-agency communication pathways in the event of a diving death were designed to enhance current practices and collaboration.
If used, these aids for managing diving related deaths should ensure that time-critical information is appropriately captured and stored to optimise information provided for the coronial investigation.
塔斯马尼亚是澳大利亚南部边缘的一个小岛州，约有 55.8 万人口，其中相当一部分人从事休闲或职业潜水活动。尽管潜水是一项相对安全的运动和职业，但塔斯马尼亚的潜水死亡率（每人口）明显高于澳大利亚其他州（是全国潜水死亡率的四倍）。
2021 年至 2022 年的 7 个月内，发生了三起压缩气体潜水死亡事件，促使对全州范围内的人员对潜水相关死亡的即时反应方法进行审查。审查涉及急救人员，包括警察海洋和救援服务、医院的潜水医学部门，以及太平间和验尸官办公室。
为所有工艺团体设计了一个备忘录，为急救人员（无论潜水知识如何）制作了数字化检查表，并设计了一个单页算法来突出潜水死亡事件中的机构间沟通途径，以加强当前的实践和协作。
如果使用这些管理潜水相关死亡的辅助工具，应该可以确保及时捕获和存储关键信息，从而为验尸调查提供最佳信息。
