• Aliye Z Sanou, Robert L Murray, Eli Hernandez, and David Sherrier.
• Force Surgeon's Office, Unit 35605, III Marine Expeditionary Force, FPO, AP 96382-5605, USA.
• Mil Med. 2023 Jan 4; 188 (1-2): 392397392-397.

AbstractMilitary diving operations occur in a wide range of austere environments, including high-altitude environments and cold weather environments; however, rarely do both conditions combine. Ice diving at altitude combines the physiologic risks of diving, a hypothermic environment, and a high-altitude environment all in one. Careful planning and consideration of the potential injuries and disease processes affiliated with the aforementioned physiologic risks must be considered. In this case report, we describe a Navy diver who became obtunded secondary to hypoxia during an ice dive at 2,987 m (9,800 ft) elevation and was subsequently diagnosed with high-altitude pulmonary edema. Further consideration of the environment, activities, and history does not make this a clear case, and swimming-induced pulmonary edema which physiologically possesses many overlaps with high-altitude pulmonary edema may have contributed or been the ultimate causal factor for the diver's acute response.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2022. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.

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