The editors and authors of this recently published desktop handbook represent the
powerhouse of European and North Sea diving expertise. They have joined together to …

Abstract (Greig P, Gorman D, Drewry A, Gamble G. The predictive power of initial fitness-to-
dive certification procedures for occupational divers in New Zealand. SPUMS J 2003; 33 …

Background The value of the commonly required routine annual medical examination of
occupational divers has been questioned, and there is a need for a robust, evidence‐based …

Good physical and mental health is a prerequisite for anyone planning to scuba dive. A
certificate of fitness to dive for those willing to enter a scuba diving course as well as for …

Good physical and mental health is a prerequisite for anyone planning to scuba dive. A
fitness to dive certificate for those willing to enter a scuba diving course as well as for active …

Abstract (Wendling J, Müller PHJ. Standards for diving in Europe–the present situation.
SPUMS J. 2004; 34: 141-4.) Professional and recreational diving has a low accident, but …

The German Navy employs approximately 480 divers in their primary and secondary role.
Before entering diving training, every diver has to pass an intensive physical examination …

The diving fitness medical examination serves to show and reveal medical conditions that
are a contraindication for diving or to evaluate the risk of preexisting conditions. For this …

Background: In France, the monitoring of professional divers is regulated. Several learned
societies (French Occupational Medicine Society, French Hyperbaric Medicine Society and …

Des Gorman, Chris Sames and Simon Mitchell worker feels their livelihood is at stake and
that they cannot influence the outcome other than by way of the manner in which their health …