Welcome to the Freediving Research Repository
Your home for the latest updates in freediving research, medical literature, and physiological knowledge.
Research Repository
Check out the latest literature on freediving, organized for clinicians, researchers, competition organizers, and divers.
DCS/DCI
Breath-hold decompression sickness and decompression illness literature, including repetitive deep diving, neurological presentations, Taravana, recognition, and treatment pathways.
Barotrauma
Pressure-related injury research covering middle ear, sinus, pulmonary, and thoracic barotrauma, with attention to mechanisms, risk factors, prevention, and clinical management.
Squeeze / FIPS / IPE / SIPE
Evidence on lung squeeze, freediving-induced pulmonary syndrome, immersion pulmonary edema, and swimming-induced pulmonary edema, including recognition, diagnostics, and acute care.
Blackouts
Research on hypoxic blackout, shallow water blackout, loss of motor control, syncope, risk factors, neurological outcomes, and evidence-based prevention.
Physiology
Human breath-hold physiology, including the diving response, cardiovascular control, splenic contraction, oxygen stores, pressure adaptation, and performance limits.
Evidence-based safety guidelines
Core resources for organizers building emergency action plans and clinical pathways.
EAPs
What to include in a competition emergency action plan and how to test it before the event.
Hyperbarics
Chamber types, Treatment Table 6 context, and the importance of time to treatment.
Community Education
Basic neuro exam structure and papers to bring to a chamber or diving physician.
Freediving Physicians
Contact leading physicians with freediving-related concerns or to support non-diving-medicine clinicians during emergencies.