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DDRC Underwater Diving Accident Manual by DDRC
DDRC Underwater Diving Accident Manual by DDRC
As divers, we all receive some sort of accident management and diving first aid training. The trouble is, unlike diving, these are not skills we regularly practise. When it comes to a real incident, do we really remember everything that we should?
This is where the DDRC Underwater Diving Accident Manual, the fourth edition of which is now out, comes in handy. Take a diving accident victim, open the manual, and page 3 provides a simple flow-chart to get you started. Subsequent sections describe the procedures in more detail, and cover the whole spectrum of diving mishaps from DCS to jellyfish stings.
All this is presented in a clear, concise and easily readable format. Even better, it's printed on waterproof paper so that it can be taken on diving trips. It does just what the title says.
While the sections on accident management are very focused and up to date, some of the later sections give the impression of being afterthoughts that have received less attention. The web address given for the Coastguard is wrong, and goes to Netserve's default page. The emergency numbers worldwide include Sharm el Sheikh, but not Hurghada.
I already have an earlier edition, but it got me thinking. Maybe I should get the latest and, niggles aside, stay up to date.
John Liddiard
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DDRC Underwater Diving Accident Manual by DDRC (Aquapress, ISBN 0954406052). Ringbound, 56pp, £8.50
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