Dive‐Related Fatalities Among Tourist and Local Divers in the Northern Croatian Littoral (1980–2010)

ConclusionFatally injured foreign divers differ from resident diver fatalities in diving method and age. Tourists are the group most at risk while scuba diving according to the Croatian sample. Occupational scuba divers and free‐divers are the group most at risk among resident divers. This study is an important tool in uncovering the most common victims of diving and the related risk factors. It also highlights the problems present in the legal and medical monitoring of recreational divers and discusses possible pre‐event, event, and post‐event preventive actions that could lead to reduced mortality rates in divers.

Source: Journal of Travel Medicine - January 31, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Valter Stemberga, Anja Petaros, Veronika Rasic, Josip Azman, Ivan Sosa, Miran Coklo, Ivone Uhac, Alan Bosnar Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research