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D a t a T r a n s P l u s
Bot h t h e UH MS an d DAN agr ee t h at “Th er e can n ever be a flyin g aft er divin g
r u le t h at is gu ar an t eed t o pr even t decom pr ession sickn ess com plet ely. Rat h er ,
t h er e can be a gu idelin e t h at r epr esen t s t h e best est im at e for a con ser vat ive . .
. su r face in t er val for t h e vast m ajor it y of diver s. Th er e will always be an occa-
sion al diver wh ose ph ysiological m akeu p or special divin g cir cu m st an ces will
r esu lt in t h e ben ds”.
To r edu ce t h e r isk of developin g decom pr ession sickn ess aft er a sin gle n o de-
com pr ession dive, cu r r en t gu idelin es su ggest wait in g 12 h ou r s pr ior t o expo-
su r e t o at m osph er ic pr essu r es equ ivalen t t o 1,000 feet (330 m et er s) above sea
level, or gr eat er . Wh en r epet it ive dives ar e con du ct ed du r in g t h e sam e day, or
per iod of days, it is su ggest ed t h at t h e in t er val be in cr eased t o a m in im u m of
24 h ou r s. Not e t h at lan d t r avel t o h igh er elevat ion s aft er divin g m u st also be
con sider ed as an exposu r e t o alt it u de.
MORE ABOUT ALTITUDE DIVING
WARN IN G: D ivin g a t h ig h a lt it u de re qu ire s spe c ia l kn o w le dge
o f t h e va ria t io n s im po se d u po n dive rs, t h e ir a c t ivit ie s, a n d
t h e ir e qu ipm e n t by t h e de c re a se in a t m o sph e ric pre ssu re s.
Oc e a n ic re c o m m e n ds c o m ple t io n o f a spe c ia lize d Alt it u de
t ra in in g c o u rse by a re c o g n ize d t ra in in g a ge n c y prio r t o divin g
in h ig h a lt it u de la ke s o r rive rs.
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