PeterBuzzacott

Two weeks left to apply to get a PhD here at Curtin University, researching nitrogen narcosis in divers...

Wanted, an Australian or New Zealand citizen or resident to undertake a PhD researching nitrogen narcosis in divers. Interested potential candidates please lodge an expression-of-interest here: scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?i…

Latest research now out in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. This is by far the largest ever survey of active scuba divers, costing the CDC millions of dollars over nine years, (note, they surveyed more than divers). Enjoy! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35313368/

Congratulations @CurtinHIVE summer intern, Yasmine Mnahy, on creating two safety cards for Helping Developing-World Diving Harvesters Avoid the Bends - A Humanitarian Project, with PRECRU Senior Research Fellow, Peter Buzzacott @PBuzzacott

Latest paper published today, highlighting the difficulty researchers have identifying ambulance attended patients who fell: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Latest paper published here. It appears high calcium bodes well for dogs starting a particular chemotherapy regime. doi.org/10.1111/vco.12…

A scholarship at Curtin University, Western Australia, researching ambulance attendances for injuries or health events associated with aquatic actvities, announced today: scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?i…

Paige, one of our PhD students, and I accepting a (runner-up) award on behalf of PRECRU for "Outstanding Achievement in Influencing Injury Policy or Practice", at the 2021 Injury Matters awards, Perth, Western Australia. @PRECRU #PRECRU @InjuryMatters

Latest research published today, on Nullarbor cave water. Somethings going out in the desert, warm water here and there. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Dolphins still doing it tough, though I'm not convinced it is just the exposure to oil that was harmful. Check out this article about the effects of dispersants: link.springer.com/article/10.100… sciencealert.com/decades-after-…

@Cavediving_fi I approve of this social distancing. Stay safe up there buddy.

A bit of ice diving today

Latest paper: Effect of antiplatelet and/or anticoagulation medication on the risk of tympanic barotrauma… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33325013/

Technical Note: Recovery of deceased scuba divers from within flooded subterranean caves ift.tt/2naSBh4

Rock-climbing’s 11-year-old stars hit bump ahead of sport’s Olympic moment thestar.com/sports/amateur… via @torontostar

Rock-climbing's 11-year-old stars hit bump at sport's moment of glory sentinelsource.com/sports/nationa… via @keene_sentinel

Early days, but some new promising results towards a pharmacological treatment for decompression sickness: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Just discovered our abstract "Epidemiology of population mortality related to falls in california 2000–2016" has been downloaded over 1,500 times bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/Supp… @PRECRU

For any of my Wilderness EMS pals, this is a great deal!