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1 Diving at Reduced Risk with Aladin
®
Sport Plus
IV Uwatec
®
Aladin
®
Sport Plus
American
IV
for any reason, you must ascend at a rate of no greater than 30 feet per minute.
• All divers using dive computers to plan dives and indicate or determine decompression status must use
their own diving computer.
• On any given dive, both divers in a buddy pair must follow the most conservative dive computer for that
particular dive.
• You MUST be familiar with all signs and symptoms of decompression sickness before using the Aladin
®
Sport Plus! Seek IMMEDIATE treatment for decompression sickness should any of these signs or sym-
ptoms occur after a dive! There is a direct correlation between the effectiveness of treatment and the
delay between the onset of symptoms and the treatment for decompression sickness.
• Always observe the optical alarm signals of the Aladin
®
Sport Plus. Avoid situations of increased risk
which are marked with a warning sign in this operating manual.
• Never dive the Aladin
®
Sport Plus to the limits. Neither the Aladin
®
Sport Plus nor any other diving com-
puter or decompression table should be pushed to its limit. Give yourself a margin of safety by always
leaving at least a few minutes in the “no-stop“ box before making your ascent.
• Do not use the Aladin
®
Sport Plus for planned decompression diving. The decompression algorithm con-
tained in the Aladin
®
Sport Plus should be used only for emergency or unintended decompression.
• Never use the Aladin
®
Sport Plus for repetitive, “square“ dives deeper than 60 feet. A square dive is per-
formed for its duration at a uniform depth.
• The Aladin
®
Sport Plus is designed for dives made with compressed air only. Do not use the AAladin
®
Sport Plus for dives made with nitrox or other mixed gases.
1.3 Minimizing risk on repetitive dives
With consecutive repetitive dives, there will be excess nitrogen in the body due to the accumulation of
nitrogen on the preceding dives. Depending on the length of the surface interval, there could even be
gaseous nitrogen (microbubbles) in your body. This accumulation of both absorbed as well as gaseous
nitrogen in the body can greatly increase the risk of decompression sickness on subsequent dives. That risk
can be minimized.
• Repetitive dives after exchanging the dive computer: Wait at least 24 hour before you start with the
repetitive dive.
• Respect the rules for the first dives.
• Always make your first dive the deepest dive of the day.
