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The complete diver

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Dive Training LLC
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329

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Table of Contents

Section I.A brief history of time ... underwater
1. Ye olde divers: the evolution of diving
2. The untethered diver and daddy scuba
3. Unbending the past: the evolution of decompression theory
4. Unbending the future: decompression models in the modern world
Section II. E=m sea²: fiddling with physics
5. A focus on physics: understanding the way things work
6. Scuba diving's lawmakers: all hail the good doctors
Section III. Taking the human machine underwater
7. The doctor will see you now: diving fitness and medical examinations
8. Going down?: the big squeeze of descent
9. Gill envy: the science of breathing underwater
10. When things go bust: a close-up look at lung expansion injuries
11. The heart of the matter: diving and the cardiovascular system
12. Take a deep breath: a gas guide to diving
13. Just way no: alcohol, nicotine and divers
14. The big chill: the truth about heat loss
15. Fear factor: a physiological perspective
16. Rapture of the deep: drunk as a hoot owl
17. Every breath you take: asthma and diving
18. How sweet it is: diving with diabetes
19. Diving over the counter: how what's in your drug store can hurt you
20. The next generation: what you need to know about kid divers
21. As young as you feel: diving and the effects of aging
22. OxTox: understanding the perils of oxygen
23. Immersion pulmonary edema: the diving disorder you never heard of
24. Water, water everywhere: the facts about hydration and diving
25. The gender question: does sex really matter?
Section IV. Deconstructing decompression: unbending the bend
26. Bends: the whole story
27. The exercise factor: the role of physical activity and decompression sickness
28. Avoiding a day at the chamber: preventing decompression illness
29. Excuse me, I think I'm bent
30. Bending the mind: the psychology of decompression sickness
Section V. Doing the right thing: diving techniques re-examined
31. Head games: the mental side of dive planning and performance
32. A wing and a prayer: how to evaluate conditions
33. Running on empty: why divers run out of air
34. Separation anxiety: the art of becoming a good buddy
35. O' solo mio: a unbiased look at diving alone
36. No klutzes allowed: the fine art of buoyancy control
37. I can see for inches and inches: a guide to diving in limited visibility
38. Deep diving re-examined: the forgotten 50 feet
39. Lessons from the whales: diving on one breath
Section VI. Sea trek: the future of diving
40. Lessons from the edge: what rec divers can learn from tec divers
41. Mixing it up: a primer on mixed-gas diving
42. Look, Ma, no bubbles: a look at rebreathers.

Edition Notes

"A guide to diving in the 21st century"--Cover.

"What every diver should know"--Cover.

Includes index.

Published in
Parkville, MO
Other Titles
History, science and practice of scuba diving

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
797.234
Library of Congress
GV838.672 .B79 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 329 pages
Number of pages
329

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL38224717M
Internet Archive
completediverhis0000bryl
ISBN 10
0615721338
ISBN 13
9780615721330
OCLC/WorldCat
835168935

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