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To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: Re: diabetes (fwd)
From: Jim Adams <jimadams@uh*.uh*.Ha*.Ed*>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 18:54:52 -1000
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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 18:49:17 -1000 (HST)
From: Jim Adams <jimadams@uh*.uh*.Ha*.Ed*>
To: Bridget Elliott <ZLBBLE@zo*.up*.ac*.za*>
Subject: Re: diabetes

I'm not an expert, but I take the advice of diving medical officers 
(doctors), as well as what is in the USN and NOAA dive manuals, AAUS, and 
DAN.  I have always turned down students that have history of diabetes or 
asthma.  It may hurt their feelings, but that is better than an accident 
on my responsibility.

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Jim Adams                       jimadams@uh*.uh*.Ha*.ed*
USS Arizona Memorial, NPS        (808) 423-7300
1 Arizona Memorial Place
Honolulu, Hawaii 96818
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On Fri, 5 Aug 1994, Bridget Elliott wrote:

> To the instructors/divemasters out there..
> 
> What is your policy regarding insulin-dependent diabetic divers ? We 
> all know that it is DEFINITELY not recommended (NAUI says it's a big 
> no-no), but do you ever turn divers/ dive buddies away when you are 
> all kitted up ready to dive and they start frantically looking for a 
> Coca Cola for a sugar hit before they descend ? 
> 
> I have come across this scenario before, and the dive leader USUALLY 
> backs down. While working in the Caribbean, we occasionally had 
> 
> The policy of sending clients to GP doctors is also a dubious one, as 
> not many doctors have knowledge of the physiology associated with 
> diving. Nine times out of ten, the doctor will declare the person fit 
> to dive down to 10m - where the relative pressure gradient changes 
> the most ! An asthma attack at 10m can be pretty bad news.
> 

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