COMMERCIAL AND NAVAL DEEP DIVING MANUAL

At the end of  2010 Dr Stracimir and his son Dr Gojko Gosovic published their in English translated book COMMERCIAL AND NAVAL DEEP DIVING MANUAL, in which the fundamentals of Deep Diving Technique and Medicine are described.

The content of the book directs itself on modern deep diving with a Deep Diving System (DDS) at a depth of over 50 meter (165 feet). During deep diving, divers utilize two-or three-component oxygen depleted gas mixtures. In relation to depth, diving between 60 and 200 meter is considered as a standard deep dive; dives over 200 meter are categorized as dives at exceptional depth. Deep diving can be divided into short-term (bounce) diving and saturation diving.

The hardbound book contains 485 pages (dimensions 25 x 18 cm / 10””x 7,5”) and describes on a very comprehensive way the techniques, the operational and medical aspects of  modern deep diving and is provided with many drawings, pictures tables and schemes.

The book is comprised of three parts. The first deals with the general principals of contemporary deep diving, related to both bounce- as well as deep diving. The second part systematically examines the technique and technology of bounce diving; the third part is dedicated to saturation diving.

The intention of the authors is to bring deep diving closer to its readership, primarily to the present and future generation of deep divers. In their approach, the authors placed key emphasis on the acquisition of general and specific knowledge in the fields of medicine, deep diving techniques, the application of safety measures, the provision of specific and general medical aid and the mandatory application of diving discipline, without which safe and efficient diving is impossible.

The attitudes, expressed in this book are based on concrete research and recommendations issued by authorized national and international institutions, like the US Navy, the Russian Federation Navy, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) and the Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC). References to and quotes of relevant  IMCA publications form an integrated part of the extensive information in this book.

The book (ISBN Number 978-953-7354-09-1) can be ordered at;

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Professor Stracimir Gosovic, Md, PhD (born on December 25^th 1927), is the founder and was for many years the director of the Department for Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine of the Navy Medical Institute in Split, Croatia. He was founder of contemporary underwater and hyperbaric medicine on the area of ex Yugoslavia. He started with hyperbaric medicine as a scientific and medico-clinical discipline in 1969 and with contemporary deep diving activities, including open sea saturation diving in 1977. In the time between, modern navies before the Yugoslav Navy accepted saturation diving technology that was until then practised only by the US Navy and the Marine Nationale Francaise. Gosovic also organized the modern Submarine Rescue Service and Training Centre in Divulje (Split).

During his very long career he wrote and published 120 professional and scientific papers and nearly ten book as single author and participated in writing more books, manuals and university textbooks. Amongst others he wrote “Ronjenje u Sigurnosti” . This book went through five updated and expanded editions in the Croatian language during the period 1971 – 1991. This book was translated in English under the name “Safe Diving” and published in 1993 by Best Publishing Company. Gosovic published in 1997 the “Croatian Military and Professional Diving Manual”, in which the fundamentals of Naval and Underwater Medicine are described. In 2000 he wrote the book “Protection of the Respiratory System”

At the end of 2010 Dr Stracimir Gosovic and his son Dr Gojko Gosovic published their – in

English – translated book “Commercial and Naval Deep Diving Manual”.