A thorough review of the 301 known diving and snorkeling related deaths in Australia between 1972-1993, including detailed incident reports, tables of relevant contributing factors and discussions about lessons to be learned from these deaths.

This text is a must for all serious divers, instructors and dive physicians.

“Douglas Walker has made available the history of diving fatalities in such a way that there can be no excuse for either diving instructors or physicians not to have learned from them” …
Dr Carl Edmonds

A review of the 92 diving & snorkelling-related deaths in Australia during that period.

By Dr. Douglas Walker. 64 Pages
2002

The most recent edition of a diving industry benchmark on reports of decompression illness and diving fatalities in diving year 2000.