How to produce clean, dry, divers breathing air that meets international standards
This article exposes the commonly held misconceptions about how compressor filtrations systems really work, and underlines the essential checks and maintenance necessary to produce clean dry divers breathing air - and save the dive operator a pile of money long-term in unnecessary scuba tank replacement costs.
How to Avoid Isobaric Counter diffusion hits during trimix decompression
Isobaric Counter Diffusion triggered by breathing gas changes is predominantly a problem when carrying out Trimix dives that are deep enough and long enough to generate formal decompression stops that require the use of a hypoxic Trimix. An analysis program embodying these concepts to identify known unsafe ICD gas switching practices and unsafe decompression is made available
Decompression trends for extreme dive planning
Deriving the underlying laws and predictive mathematics for diving physiology, safe decompression, Oxygen toxicity tolerance, narcosis, and HPNS (High Pressure Nervous Syndrome) have challenged the minds of the world?s brightest scientists. That many of the victims of ?incorrect guestimation? fail to survive extreme decompression and be part of the ?observable phenomenon? database further hampers progress.
As a first topic in this series of articles we will take a more in depth look at decompression.
Vigilance urged when treating decompression illness with US Navy table 6A
July 2005:- Satahip, Thailand 2005 was the location for the first hyperbaric technician course run by the British Diving and Diseases Research Centre (DDRC) - An organization set up to study the effects of pressure and provides hyperbaric chamber oxygen treatment facilities and medical training for divers, technicians, nurses and doctors worldwide.
During the course, the use of the various USN tables for the treatment of decompression illness and was studied. Technician trainees also had the opportunity to visit mono-place chambers at the Queen Sirikit Naval hospital to witness the use of hyperbaric oxygen to treat skin infections that did not respond well to other techniques.
For divers, the treatment of DCI generally results in the use of two US tables. Table-6 for type I DCI-pain only symptoms and skin rashes, and USN treatment table 6A for the treatment of type II DCI-Arterial Gas Embolism. Unfortunately, table 6A is also notorious amongst for causing DCI amongst attending medical personnel...
World record deep dives made using new decompression technique
A new decompression diving technique based on the Combined Decompression Model CDM-18 that provides the knowledge base used by two previous world record breaking deep divers is made available to the diving public. A spreadsheet implementation of the CDM-18 model analyzes any dive profile and breathing gas combination for correct decompression methodology, clearly identifying any profile abnormality or breathing gas change that would likely cause DCS.
First Internationally recognized Dive Technician Courses to be run in Thailand.
Samui Easytek, Pattaya, Thailand to Teach the ASSET Approved 10 Day Dive Industry Technician (DITC) Training Course.
Divers Breathing Air compressor technical data now available on-line
www.scubaengineer.com creates an online database of compressor servicing information expanded to include all past and present Bauer and Coltrisub Compressor service manuals.
First steps to improving Scuba tank safety in Thailand
Samui Easytek Co, Pattaya opens Thailand's first combined Hydrostatic and visual inspection station for testing scuba tanks to international specifications. The UK designed system features traceable measurements of scuba cylinder abnormalities to US,UK and European CE standards and utilizes a separate test station for carrying out the latest magnetic eddy current equipment capable of detecting invisible SLC cracks that have cause several fatal scuba cylinder explosions
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Choosing Scuba Shops: Things to Look For
When choosing an online scuba shop it’s a good idea to apply the same examination and awareness that you would while browsing a prospective online shop of any kink. Whether a shop sells surf Read more...
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Choosing Scuba Shops: Things to Look For
When choosing an online scuba shop it’s a good idea to apply the same examination and awareness that you would while browsing a prospective online shop of any kink. Whether a shop sells surf boards, scuba gear or clothes there is a list of things to look for and things to avoid when choosing to purchase goods or services from a prospective website.
First of all, the easiest thing is when a very well known site is recommended to you by one or more people that you already
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trust. When this happens there’s little chance that the site will have any scam lurking in the background, yet when it comes to a wide glance of the various features offered by different providers, that’s another thing.
So how do we check out prospective shops? There are a number of online consumer interest groups and websites that either rate and suggest sites or keep track of known problem sites. These can be a great way to quickly find solid information about a specific company. I mean sometimes on the net I won’t be able to find anything about a company I’m thinking about purchasing from.
In fact, many times websites that are completely legit won’t be mentioned in any other website because they are small and derive most of their business locally, or perhaps their traffic if net word of mouth through some related discussion forums and other online communities. For the most part if a site seems legit and has related info, and does not show up in any search this is better than search results that indicate negative interactions with the merchant.
In these cases you can look at the affiliations that are listed on the website itself. If there is some type of logo representing the financial security of the site then it has most likely been approved for protection by the agency where the site’s security and legitimacy were thoroughly inspected. But again, you can only verify this if you check with the organization outside of the website.
If the prospective scuba shop accepts PayPal then check with PayPal. Every business with a PayPal account has a transaction count and verification status. Also, if you use PayPal there are a number of ways that your money is protected. IF you do end up getting screwed, report it to PayPal and a chargeback will be issued.
Scuba Vacation: A Great Underwater Adventure For You And Your Friends
Men and women have practiced breath hold diving for centuries. Indirect evidence comes from ancient artifacts of undersea origin found on land, and depictions of divers in ancient drawings. In Read more...
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My Favorite Scuba Gear Website
If you haven’t been to http://SubaDiving.com you should really check it out. One of the most inclusive scuba gear websites I’ve ever been to, ScubaDiving.com has a store, online scuba gear reviews, Read more...
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Why Take Scuba Lessons Even for a Short Vacation
Even if you’re only going to scuba dive once or twice you’ll get so much more out of the experience if you undergo a more intensive training program first. If I had spent the time and expense on Read more...
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Choosing Scuba Shops: Things to Look For
When choosing an online scuba shop it’s a good idea to apply the same examination and awareness that you would while browsing a prospective online shop of any kink. Whether a shop sells surf Read more...
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