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inability to control buoyancy and/or inability to apply thrust sufficiently to ascend (in Scuba diving without a lifeline) inability to return to the shore or a boat after a dive; The diver may get into a situation requiring rescue through incompetence, unfitness or bad luck.
Diving equipment may be exposed to contamination in use and when this happens it must be decontaminated This is a particular issue for hazmat diving, but incidental contamination can occur in other environments. Personal diving equipment shared by more than one user requires disinfection before use.
This is a glossary of technical terms, jargon, diver slang and acronyms used in underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be described as a human activity – intentional, purposive, conscious and subjectively meaningful sequence of ...
Diver telephone c.1911. The original communication between diver and surface attendant was by pulls on the diver's lifeline. [11] Later, a speaking tube system, patented by Louis Denayrouze in 1874, was tried; this used a second hose with a diaphragm sealing each end to transmit sound, [12] but it was not very successful. [13]
This is a glossary of technical terms, jargon, diver slang and acronyms used in underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be described as a human activity – intentional, purposive, conscious and subjectively meaningful sequence of ...
A diving emergency or underwater diving emergency is an emergency that involves an underwater diver.The nature of an emergency requires action to be taken to prevent or avoid death, injury, or serious damage to property or the environment.
Nesconset fire department scuba rescue team on training exercise. Public safety diving is underwater diving conducted as part of law enforcement and fire/rescue.Public safety divers differ from recreational, scientific and commercial divers who can generally plan the date, time, and location of a dive, and dive only if the conditions are conducive to the task.
Lifeline (diving), or tether, a line from the diver to a tender at the surface; See also. British Imperial Lifeline, aka All-Red Route, steamship route from ...