UK sources of information and / or support

 British Hyperbaric Association

This site covers facilities offering, and the practice of, diving and hyperbaric medicine within the United Kingdom. Includes information on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Diving Accidents and has helplines for both.

 London Hyperbaric

A leading medical facility for diving accidents, including the assessment and treatment of professional and recreational SCUBA divers suffering from decompression illness (the bends or DCI). They operate a 24 hour national Diving Accident Helpline.

 Hyperbaric Medicine Unit

From Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Includes information about hyperbaric oxygen treatment for:

• The bends (decompression sickness)
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Wounds

The website also has information about other diving related medical problems such as: nitrogen narcosis, hypothermia, oxygen toxicity and barotrauma.

 London Diving Chamber

A recompression chamber based in London. The unit offers 24 hour consultation and NHS funded recompression for divers with decompression illness. The chamber also provides Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for other conditions that respond to treatment.The website includes information on decompression illness (DCI) and other dive medicine issues.Other services offered by The London Diving Chamber: Diving medicals,dry dives, dive events, hyperbaric and PADI recompression chamber courses.

 Midlands Diving Chamber

Provides everything a diver could need from a medical facility including hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment.

 Hyperbaric Chambers in the UK

Provides contact details for people requiring urgent information on diving emergencies. From UK Divers.com.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.