Diving Health
New Diver Medical Questionnaire Released
On the 25th June 2020, DAN (Divers Alert Network), WRSTC (World Recreational Scuba Training Council), RSTC (Recreational Scuba Training Council) and the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society released a new diver medical questionnaire.
The new medical was two and a half years in the making. It was cross referenced against the old medical form with real scuba diving students.
PADI will take on the new medical checklist and will use it for all of their scuba diving and freediving courses.
The process for the PADI Discover Scuba Diving appears to remain the same. Participants will complete the medical in the PADI DSD booklet a [...]
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Diving Health
Why is it Important to Stay Hydrated While Scuba Diving?
Staying hydrated when scuba diving is important to your health. Here we look at the reason why and the consequences if we do not.
I may sound a little odd given that scuba divers spend most of their active time surrounded by water, however staying well hydrated is very important when scuba diving.
There are a number of different reasons why a scuba diver may dehydrate, particularly here in Phuket, Thailand. Scuba Diving can also have its own issues if a diver does not keep hydrated.
There are a number of factors that contribute the dehydration. Here is a list of a few that occur when scuba diving in warm climates like Ph [...]
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Why Can’t I Fly After Scuba Diving?
Here is a blog that will try and explain why you can't fly after scuba diving.
We have all been taught during our PADI Open Water Course that we cannot fly after scuba diving. You should recall that we cannot fly for 12 hours after a single dive, 18 hours after multiple dives and if we can we should ideally wait 24 hours.
It is generally understood that the reason why we do this is to avoid the increase risk of decompression sickness. To understand how this increased chance may materialise we need to understand how decompression sickness normally develops. To do that we need to understand what is actually occurring in our body. [...]
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