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ii.
BC Vests
1.
Better designs for women.
iii.
Regulators
iv.
Weighting systems: belts vs. integrated.
v.
Redundancy:
1.
Redundant air sources:
a.
Spare Air®
b.
Pony bottles with regulator.
vi.
Fins: split vs. traditional
vii.
Rescue tools:
1.
ResQ Ball®
viii.
Computers:
1.
Variety of mounts and screen sizes.
2.
Improved modeling.
b.
Decompression Modeling
i.
Dual phase modeling;
1.
RGBM. (www.rgbmdiving.com)
c.
Dive techniques/recommendations
i.
Safety Stop
ii.
Rule of halves. (no-stop dive)
1.
Stop for 1 minute at a depth ½ of your deepest depth
below 40 fsw...ie. If deepest depth was 80 fsw, stop
@ 40 fsw for 1 minute + do your normal safety stop.
iii.
SLOW ASCENT.
d.
Tech diving:
3)
Post-Dive
a.
Flying after diving recommendations
i.
DAN recommendations:
Revised Flying After Diving Guidelines for Recreational Diving - May 2002
The following guidelines are the consensus of attendees at the 2002 Flying after Diving
Workshop. They apply to air dives followed by flights at cabin altitudes of 2,000 to 8,000 feet
(610 to 2,438 meters) for divers who do not have symptoms of decompression sickness
(DCS). The recommended preflight surface intervals do not guarantee avoidance of DCS.
Longer surface intervals will reduce DCS risk further.
4)
For a single no-decompression dive, a minimum preflight surface interval of 12
hours is suggested.
5)
For multiple dives per day or multiple days of diving, a minimum preflight
surface interval of 18 hours is suggested.
6)
For dives requiring decompression stops, there is little evidence on which to base
a recommendation and a preflight surface interval substantially longer than 18
hours appears prudent.
a.
Rescue and transport
i.
Rescue insurance.
ii.
Medical insurance to cover recompression
