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Hyperbaric and undersea medicine deals with problems and conditions that arise in diving accidents. A hyperbaric and undersea medicine physician treats divers for decompression sickness or nitrogen narcosis. This specialist is knowledgeable regarding oxygen therapy in a hyperbaric chamber for victims of carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation. The hyperbaric and undersea medicine physician also treats patients with exceptional blood loss, osteomyelitis, thermal burns and radiation tissue damage. This physician has a background regarding dangers to divers and others in the sea, including marine infections, injuries from poisonous marine life, polluted water, seasickness and malaria.