DIVING SAFETY MANUAL

This manual sets forth the policies, procedures and standards that govern training and diving operations of all personnel participating in the Texas A&M University at Galveston (hereafter referred to as TAMUG or the University) diving program. It applies to all divers operating under University auspices, including all students in training, visiting divers, individuals who wish to dive from University facilities or vessels or use University equipment, and campus officials responsible for the management and administration of research and diving programs.

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Guidance For Diving In Contaminated Waters

The purpose of this manual is to provide general guidance and basic procedures for diving in contaminated water. Because ot the wide variability in contaminants, potential exposure levvels an other variables, only general guidance can be provided.




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CMAS scuba diving manuals.

This is the result of a project that encorporates many different forms of experience, and though it takes into account numerous modern methods, it seeks to maintain the unaltered values that the confederation upholds throughout the world. It can be taken for granted that where there is scuba diving, there is also CMAS with its history and its human and social values.

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U.S. Navy Diving Manual Rev. 5

The U.S. Navy Diving Manual is available from this site in the fully indexed, and printable Adobe Acrobat format. Note: This is an extremly large .pdf file (24 MB).

Volume 1
01 History of Diving
02 Underwater Physics
03 Underwater Physiology
04 Dive Systems
05 Dive Program Administration
Appendix 1A Safe Diving Distances from
Transmitting Sonar
Appendix 1B References
Appendix 1C Telephone Numbers
Appendix 1D List of Acronyms

Volume 2
06 Operational Planning
07 Scuba Air Diving Operations
08 Surface-Supplied Air Diving Operations
09 Air Decompression
10 Nitrogen-Oxygen Diving Operations
11 Ice and Cold Water Diving Operations

Volume 3
12 Mixed-Gas Diving Theory
13 Mixed-Gas Operational Planning
14 Surface-Supplied Mixed-Gas Diving
Procedures
15 Saturation Diving
16 Breathing Gas Mixing Procedures

Volume 4
17 Closed-Circuit Mixed-Gas UBA Diving
18 Closed-Circuit Oxygen UBA Diving

Volume 5
19 Diving Disorders Not Requiring Recompression
Therapy
20 Diving Disorders Requiring Recompression
Therapy
21 Recompression Therapy
22 Recompression Chamber Operation
Appendix 5A Neurological Examination
Appendix 5B First Aid
Appendix 5C Dangerous Marine Animals