Appeared in DIVER March 2006
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THE HIGH PRICE OF DCI
A Simple Guide to Decompression Illness,Book by Lee Griffiths,AquaPress
As divers we all receive some basic training in the avoidance of, recognition and treatment of decompression illness and other pressure-related diving problems. As we progress through our diving grades we learn a bit more here and a bit more there, and perhaps a whole load in one go from a more specialised course such as oxygen administration.
Some of us pick up additional details from a book or two. Most books about diving and decompression include a few chapters on DCI.
Yet after all that, none of the information is available all in one place, and details are probably still missing from our knowledge.
A Simple Guide to Decompression Illness sorts it all out in one short booklet. It offers everything we need to know and more, in terms any diver can understand.
I read the book and wasn't surprised to read many things I already knew, but I was pleased to learn a few things I didn't know.
When I read it again, I'm sure I will learn other things that I initially missed.
Then I turned to the back cover and saw the price. It's a good booklet, but£15.99 seems a bit steep for 86 pages of black and white.
For this price I would expect a bit more. Not in the text, which covers the subject well, but in higher-quality production, with colour for the illustrations and photographs, and larger reproduction where necessary to illustrate important medical points.
Buy it if you think it's worth the price, but I reckon it would sell twice as well for£5 less.
John Liddiard
# A Simple Guide to Decompression Illness by Lee Griffiths (AquaPress, ISBN 0954406079). Softback, 86pp,£15.99 |
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