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4 unusual facts about Professional diving


Diver training organizations

Diver training organization generally refers to a diving school for training recreational, technical, commercial, military and other professional divers.

Helium release valve

It provides functionality for professional divers operating at great depths for prolonged periods of time or under saturation.

National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology

The professional divers of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America sponsored an Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society workshop in 1975 to look at the needs for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) for the treatment of diving related injuries.

Scuba skills

Responsibility for pre-dive checks for professional divers is more complex, based on duty of care, and is usually defined in their organisational operations manual, which may stipulate recorded checklists for the equipment in use.



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