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Travelers should be aware of the potential hazards associated with scuba diving, especially when traveling to the tropics or developing nations to dive. Millions of people travel out of their home countries each year to dive.

All divers should have evacuation/accident insurance and a membership in the Divers Alert Network.

The minimum dive-to-fly interval is 12 hours but may be up to 24 hours. Risk depends on time from last dive to flight time, frequency of dives, and whether decompression stops were necessary.

Flying can lead to decompression sickness because it is a form of rapid ascent.

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Cold climate or winter diving requires specialized diving suits to prevent hypothermia.

Lung barotrauma is prevented by blowing bubbles during a slow ascent. Air can be forced into the skin, abdomen, or chest, with the latter resulting in a collapsed lung or air embolus.

Lung barotrauma can be life-threatening and is caused by pressure build up in the lungs on ascent when the diver fails to exhale.

Any nasal or sinus congestion precludes effective equalization and increases risk. Ear trauma or ear drum rupture can be prevented by pausing during ascent to equalize the pressure (try exhaling with the mouth closed and nose pinched).

Barotrauma is common and is caused by trapped air in the ears, sinuses, and lungs as well as in the gastrointestinal tract.

Pre-scuba medical evaluations should ensure the absence of significant pulmonary, cardiac, sinus, ear, metabolic, or psychological illness.

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Travelers should only dive with an operator certified by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI).Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ventilatory induced lung injury (VILI) inspiratory volume (IV) barotrauma acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) lung edema.

The blood could contain some mediators which attenuate the damage induced by barotrauma We concluded that an optimal PEEP exists, which protects against barotrauma, however, excess of PEEP could enhance its development.

The acellular lungs ventilated with PEEP 4, 8 and 12 showed pulmonary rupture at lower IV when compared with cellular ones (300cc vs. 300cc respectively) On the other hand, lungs ventilated with PEEP 4 cmH 2O reached the highest IV (400cc), in addition, they showed the lowest elevations of Pap and FFR. Lungs ventilated with PEEP 8 and 12 suffered pulmonary rupture at lower IV (200cc and 150cc vs. We observed that lungs ventilated with PEEP 0 cmH 2O suffered pulmonary rupture at high IV (300cc), with significant increases of Pap (Pulmonary artery pressure) and FFR (Fluid filtration rate). This was done in blood perfused rabbit lungs and in lungs perfused with a Buffer-Albumin Solution. Forty-eight New Zealand rabbits (2.5-3.5 kg) were divided into four groups with PEEP settings of 0, 4, 8 and 12 cmH 2O, at increasing levels of inspiratory volume (IV). We aim to investigate the effect of several levels of PEEP on barotrauma and, whether an optimal level of PEEP exists. The use of Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) as a strategy of mechanical ventilation offers its advantages, such as improved oxygenation, without causing alveolar overstretching and barotrauma. Effect of using several levels of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure over barotraumas induced lung injury in a model of isolated and perfused rabbit lungs.