Commercial Diving Reference and Operations HandbookA reference manual designed in a single source which provides the commercial diver with an easily accessible source of information for safe and efficient diving operations. |
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analyser ascent bandage Barotrauma bars or atmospheres BIBS bottom breathing gas carbon dioxide Cause cent Check for correct checklists clean client compression compressor correct operation Corrective Action corrosion and damage cylinders Decompression Chamber decompression schedule decompression sickness decompression stops decompression table Depth gauge diving company diving operations Diving Superintendent Diving Supervisor duration emergency Ensure open equalizing valve equipment exposure Failure gas embolism gas supply helium hose hyperbaric injury Inspect for corrosion Inspect for damage Item lift wire lock-out compartment Loss mask mask/helmet Medical lock minutes mixture normal O'-ring seals outer hatch partial pressure patient personnel Po₂ possible pre-dive pressure of oxygen procedures regulator resuscitation saturation saturation dive sea snakes Standby boat standby diver submarine submersible surface crew symptoms Table task temperature Topside Action transfer lock treatment umbilical usage vessel winch