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4 The Calculation Model ZH-L8 ADT / 5 Safety in Diving
I Uwatec ® Aladin ® Air Z O
2
• Flying within 24 hours after diving.
• Excessive ascent rate.
If a diver experiences any of these risk factors while diving, the Aladin ® Air Z O
2
will decrease remaining
bottom time without requiring decompression, or will add required decompression time in order to help
minimize the risk of decompression sickness.
If signs or symptoms of decompression sickness occur after diving with Aladin
®
Air Z O
2
, seek IMMEDIATE
treatment at the nearest recompression facility.
5 Safety in Diving
Together with an Oxy2 or pressure transmitter the Aladin is an extremely versatile tool which can increase
your diving comfort and safety. As with any diving tool, however, ultimate responsibility for diving safety
remains with the individual diver. The same responsible diving practices taught by all diving certification
agencies are still absolutely necessary in order to safely dive with the Aladin
® Air Z O
2
.
Certain mistakes which may be made by a diver, such as ascending at an excessive rate, going too deep,
or staying too long at depth, may be overcome if the diver carefully follows the Aladin
® Air Z O
2
‘s correc-
ted ascent instructions. Of course, the Aladin ® Air Z O
2
can do nothing to prevent the occurrence of lung
overexpansion injuries or nitrogen narcosis, whose avoidance lies solely with the individual diver.
The Aladin
® Air Z O
2
is a highly sophisticated technical instrument which, if used and maintained properly,
will have high reliability. Despite this no dive should be made with an Aladin ® Air Z O
2
without a thorough
understanding of decompression theory and dive table use, and every diver must have a set of decom-
pression tables with him on every dive.
Do not use the Aladin ® Air Z O
2
without a set of accepted nitrox diving tables
with you as a back up decompression tool on every dive.
Should decompression sickness occur, whether the Aladin
®
Air Z O
2
was used correctly or not, a detailed
history of the previous dives may be used to allow a better diagnosis and the most effective treatment for
the diver.