Richard D. Vann

Richard D Vann is an American academic and diver.

Positions

Vann is a consultant at Divers Alert Network, Assistant Professor Emeritus in Anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center, and safety officer and director of applied research at Duke University Medical Center,

Speaker

• 2008 Divers Alert Network Technical Diving Conference. – Video of "Oxygen Toxicity" lecture by Dr. Richard Vann (free download, mp4, 86MB).
• 2013 DEMA Show, Orlando "Art and Science of Rebreather Diving, Project Dive Exploration: 1995-2008, Evidence-Based Decompression".

Works

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• Mitchell Simon J, Bennett Michael H, Bird Nick, Doolette David J, Hobbs Gene W, Kay Edward, Moon Richard E, Neuman Tom S, Vann Richard D, Walker Richard, Wyatt HA. (2012) "Recommendations for rescue of a submerged unresponsive compressed-gas diver". In: Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Journal. 2012; Volume 39, Issue 6, Pages 1099-1108
• Dr Richard D Vann PhD, Frank K Butler MD, Simon J Mitchell FANZCA, Prof Richard E Moon MD. (2011). "Decompression Illness". In: The Lancet. January 2011; Volume 377, Issue 9760, Pages 153 - 164
• Longphre, John M; DeNoble, Petar J; Moon, Richard E; Vann, Richard D; Freiberger, John J (2007). "First aid normobaric oxygen for the treatment of recreational diving injuries". In: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 34 (1): 43–49. "ISSN 1066-2936." "OCLC 26915585." "PMID 17393938"
• Vann, Richard D; Pollock, Neal W; Freiberger, John J; Natoli, Michael J; Denoble, Petar J; Pieper, Carl F (2007). "Influence of bottom time on preflight surface intervals before flying after diving". In: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 34 (3): 211–20. PMID 17672177
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• Pollock NW, Natoli MJ, Gerth WA, Thalmann ED, Vann RD. (2003) "Risk of decompression sickness during exposure to high cabin altitude after diving". In: Aviat Space Environ Med. 2003 Nov;74(11):1163-8.
• Pollock, Neal W; Hobbs, Gene W; Natoli, Michael J; Hendricks, David M; Gabrielova, Ivana; Delphia, Bruce C; Vann, Richard D (2000). "REMO2: an O2 rebreather for use in emergency medical applications". Wilderness Environ Med 11 (1): 60.
• Natoli, MJ; Hobbs, GW; Pollock, NW; Stolp, BW; Corkey, WB; Gabrielova, I; Hendricks, DM; Schinazi, EA; Almon, AK; Pieper, CF; Vann, RD (2000). "[Abstract] Oxygen Enhanced Breath-Hold: Immersion and Temperature Effects".
• Neal W. Pollock, Richard D. Vann, Edward D. Thalmann and Claus EG Lundgren. (1997). "Oxygen-Enhanced Breath-hold Diving, Phase I: Hyperventilation and Carbon Dioxide Elimination". In: EJ Maney, Jr and CH Ellis, Jr (Eds.) Diving for Science...1997. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (17th Annual Scientific Diving Symposium).
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• Vann RD, Feezor MD. "An experimental model of bubble formation in CAES plants". J Energy. 1983;7:737-738.
• Vann RD, Grimstad J, Nielsen CH. "Evidence for gas nuclei in decompressed rats". Undersea Biomed Res. 1980;7:107-112,.
• Vann RD, Clark HG. "Bubble growth and mechanical properties of tissue in decompression". Undersea Biomed Res. 1975; 2:185-194.

Awards

• Johnson Space Center Group Achievement Award (STS134/ULF6 In-Suit Light Exercise Team), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), September 2011
• Albert R Behnke Award
• 2014 Recipient of the Aerospace Medical Association’s John Ernsting Award
• 2014 Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences NOGI Award for Science
• EUROTEK Media Award (Rebreather Forum 3 Conference Proceedings)
• 2015 DEMA Reaching Out Award for Science and Research - 'Tribute Film'