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            BSAC TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
            SAFE DIVING PRACTICES

            A-C  | D-H | I-P | Q-Z |  Code of Conduct |  Rebreathers 

            This section is an alphabetical guide to the safe practices of 
            sports diving as recommended by the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) - 
            the Governing Body of the sport of sub-aqua diving and snorkelling 
            in the UK. The ideas expressed within reflect the current thinking 
            of the National Diving Committee and the advice on which it is 
            acting.
            Diving is an adventure sport and like all adventure sports its 
            participants require differing levels of enjoyment and challenge. At 
            one extreme we have the equivalent of the Himalayan mountaineer who, 
            in peak condition accepts the challenge of new routes and 
            exploration. At the other extreme we have the equivalent of the 
            weekend summer climber who potters around on popular well-climbed 
            rock faces.
            What is safe diving practice for the former may well be very 
            perilous for the latter and so the contents of this booklet are not 
            a set of rigid rules but recommendations for safe diving practices. 
            These recommendations can be amended depending upon the particular 
            type of diving being planned and the experience and capabilities of 
            the two divers carrying out the dive.
            Where appropriate the advice in this section is also applicable to 
            snorkel diving.
            The Diver's Code of Conduct is appended to the end of this booklet. 
            It contains sensible advice on the conduct of all dives, and is seen 
            as complementary to the guidance given here.

            Safety and Incidents Advisor
            BSAC National Diving Committee



                  A - C
                  Access / Egress 
                  Accidents / Incidents 
                  Air Reserve 
                  Alternative Air Source (AAS)
                  Altitude 
                  Ascent Rate 
                  Assisted Ascents 
                  Authorised Branch Dives 
                  AV (Artificial Ventilation) 
                  and CC (Cardiac Compression) Boats 
                  BSAC 88 Decompression Tables 
                  Buddy Diving 
                  Buddy Lines 
                  Buoyancy Compensators (BCD) 
                  Buoyancy Compensator Cylinders 
                  Buoyant Ascents 
                  Compressors 
                  Computers 
                  Cylinders (Air) 
                  Cylinders (Nitrox) 
                  D - H 
                  Decompression 
                  Decompression Stops 
                  Delayed SMB 
                  Depth 
                  Distress at Sea 
                  Dive Discipline 
                  Dive Leadership 
                  Dive Planning and Organisation 
                  Diving Flag 
                  Diver Recall Systems 
                  Drugs 
                  Drysuits 
                  Explosives 
                  Fitness to Dive 
                  Flares 
                  Flying and Diving 
                  Hyperventilation 

                  I - P 
                  Ice Diving 
                  Incidents 
                  Insurance 
                  Legislation 
                  Limited Surface Accessibility Diving 
                  Medical Examination 
                  Mixed Gases 
                  Neutral Buoyancy 
                  Night Diving 
                  Nitrogen Narcosis 
                  Nitrox 
                  No Clear Surface 
                  Odd Numbers 
                  Oxygen 
                  PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale) 
                  Pots and Markers 
                  Pregnancy 
                  Propeller Guards Q - Z 
                  Qualifying Dives 
                  Rebreathers 
                  Re-Entry Decompression 
                  Repeat Dives 
                  Ropes 
                  Separated Divers 
                  Sharing 
                  Signals 
                  Solo Diving 
                  Stand-by Divers 
                  Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) 
                  Tangle Nets / Gill Nets 
                  Tides 
                  Trimix 
                  VHF Radio 
                  Weather 
                  Weightbelts 
                  Wreck Diving 



            THE DIVER'S CODE OF CONDUCT 
            Rebreather Safe Diving Practices




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