Scientific Diving: A General Code of Practice

xviii, 278, text figs. 275x214mm. PB. Vg. Second edition. Provides scientific divers with guideance on safe practice under varying experimental and environmental conditions; recommendations on administrative practices, insurance, terms of employment, medical and traiing standards, dive planning, safety with different breathing gases and systems and expedition planning; a detailed bibliography and many other useful appendices. Among conditions dealt with are: polar, cave, night, surf, open ocean an digh-altitude diving. A valuable reference for legislators, diving officers, administrators, heads of laboratories and individual divers. Includes sections on International Law, National Legal Aspects, Organisation, Training and Medical Examinations, Equipment Maintenance, Safety, Diving Systems other than Self-Contained Compresed Air, Diving in Special and Extreme Conditions, Boats and Support Equipment, Special Equipment and Decompression. [9789231032509].