Nitrogen Narcosis and Alcohol Consumption—A Scuba Diving Fatality
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 32 (4) , 1095-1097
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs12421j
Abstract
Nitrogen narcosis can cause death among experienced scuba divers. Nitrogen under pressure affects the brain by acting as an anesthetic agent. Furthermore, the consumption of ethanol along with diving will cause the symptoms of nitrogen narcosis to occur at depths less than 30 m. Our case deals with an experienced diver who drank alcoholic beverages before diving and developed symptoms of nitrogen narcosis at a shallow depth. These two conditions contributed to his death by drowning.Keywords
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