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Re: Deputies try to raise doomed sub



In a message dated 3/3/99 5:34:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
pavel@mail.nauta.it writes:

> 
>  Unfortunately I don't know the English term, but the exact italian words
>  describing it are: "sovradistensione polmonare" which mean the lungs 
> overextend
>  themselves (under the force of expainding air) until they stretch and -
>  eventually - broke.
>  This - usually - kill people, even in a regular swimming pool. This is the 
> most
>  dangerous mistake associate to panic, it's a true nightmare for 
> unexperienced
>  divers.
 

English term:  Pulmonary Embolism