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