Guidance on health, fitness and medical issues in diving operations

Contents
  • Introduction
  • Aims
  • Application
  • List of abbreviations and acronyms
  • Glossary of terms
  • The medical and physical fitness of commercial divers – roles and responsibilities of key persons
  • The medical fitness of commercial divers – current situation
  • The medical fitness of commercial divers – recommendations to diving contractors for assuring the initial and continuing medical fitness of commercial divers
  • The physical fitness of divers to dive and work underwater – current situation
  • The physical fitness of divers to dive and to work underwater – recommendations to diving contractors for assuring the physical fitness of divers to dive and to work underwater
  • Diver nutrition and hydration
  • Dealing with failure to report pre-existing medical issues
  • Medications and other substances that may not be used by diving personnel without specialist medical advice
  • Installation/vessel medics and diving
  • Accessing specialist hyperbaric and medical advice and assistance
  • References
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Appendix 4
Reference(s): IMCA D 061
Published:October 2018
Version:New Publication
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