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---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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. **************************************************************************** Jim Adams jimadams@uh*.uh*.Ha*.ed* USS Arizona Memorial, NPS (808) 423-7300 1 Arizona Memorial Place Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 **************************************************************************** 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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