Commercial Diver Basic Manual - Paperback

by Alex Fatum (Author)

This book is valuable for both professional divers and apprentice trainees, as it contains materials that provide an understanding of the peculiarities of the diving profession. Gaining information from this textbook on commercial diving today will yield positive results in any international diving school tomorrow.

The book covers the entire mandatory theoretical and practical training program for diving specialists. This manual includes diverse topics such as diving physics, offering insights into contemporary decompression tables and guidance on independent calculations of gas breathing mixtures and procedures, anatomy, diving-related illnesses, treatment of diving-related injuries, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The processes of searching and raising sunken objects are described, operation planning, dive logs, records, and commercial diving standards, blueprints, and report writing, mixed-gas diving, as well as industrial and marine safety. Readers will familiarize themselves with essential practical exercises that every diver should master during underwater descents. This book imparts basic knowledge of the principles and structure of diving gear, such as scuba tanks and rebreathers, as well as equipment for underwater welding and cutting, rigging and locksmith tools, specialized suction pumps, and pumps for ground excavation. Information is also provided on the procedures for various underwater works and the operation of specific diving equipment, including high-pressure compressors, hyperbaric chambers, and rescue gear. Furthermore, the textbook includes a course on physiological aspects affecting a diver's body during immersion and the actions of rescue divers during the provision of first aid.

Despite differences in the training systems for divers in different countries, the common thread is the unchanging fundamental knowledge of diving training among commercial divers and recreational divers. This book will give you the most complete picture and understanding of diving, which will allow you to carry out dives anywhere in the world and understand divers from other countries.