Suggest reading for decompression diving

[StraitsdiverGeo]

I'm looking for good sources for information on this subject. Seeing how your the "been there, done that!" crowd, I was looking for someone to point me in the right direction. I have spoke to a few local divers and no one thus far has been much help.(I don't know any Tech/divers)

With no official classes on the subject, I need to read all I can on the subject. I don't wish to do this half @$$ or backwards. Not to mention that my life depends on me learning it right the first time.
Is thier some source that most people use or more importenly you have found to be the most help?

Please feel free to share any of your experinces. I appreciate any help I can get on the subject.

Regards, George

[Jason B]

Go to the bottom of this page. Lots of good reading on deco.

http://www.thetritons.com/library.htm

[CD_in_Chitown]

A book from a man who needs no introduction

Dr. Weinke

I like "Diving Physiology in Plain English" too but can't seem to find on Amazon

Another by Weinke here

One by Dr. Bennett former head of DAN

And of course, Scuba Diving Explained

[TSandM]

I have a whole bunch of online stuff bookmarked on my computer at home, but I'm not there this week. If you are on the Deco Stop, look for a set of threads entitled, "The shape of the curve" by Doppler. I believe Eric Baker has a couple of very good papers which are quite readable. On the 5thD-X site is an article entitled, "Ratio Deco", by Andrew Georgitsis. There's a good short article on decompression theory by Jablonski on the GUE website. None of this is enough to prepare you to do decompression diving, but it's all interesting reading to get the basics.

[karstdvr]

With no official classes on the subject,

There are classes on this subject that teach decompression principles and techniques. Not to be disrespectful,but your profile shows you as a fairly new diver,so enjoy the reading,but please seek training before you attempt this. Doing deco stops looks fairly easy,but once you enter deco you might as well be in a cave or a wreck because you can't ascend immediately to the surface. It is a good idea to understand redundant equipment such that if you have a problem while in deco,it is a problem,not an emergency with life altering negative results.

[StraitsdiverGeo]

Karstdvr,

I agree, I'm not going to just dive in to Deco/diving. How ever my new found love for this sport has me heading in this direction some day. In a sport such as this Knowlage is not only power, it's more about safety! It's never disrespectful to be looking out for your fellow diver.

The one thing that has appealed to me in this sport, is how divers are divers no matter where I have been and that divers genuinely care or look out for one another. That puts you in the "way cool" catagory in my Book!

George

[ianr33]

http://www.decompression.org/maiken/...m_Site_Map.htm

[BigJetDriver]

Karstdvr,

I agree, I'm not going to just dive in to Deco/diving. How ever my new found love for this sport has me heading in this direction some day. In a sport such as this Knowlage is not only power, it's more about safety! It's never disrespectful to be looking out for your fellow diver.

The one thing that has appealed to me in this sport, is how divers are divers no matter where I have been and that divers genuinely care or look out for one another. That puts you in the "way cool" catagory in my Book!

George

George,

You have the right attitude! If you get hold of the books and research the material, you are way ahead of the power curve as you go through your training phases.

A good source of information for the beginning student in this subject is Best Publishing! They have tons of diving books.

I would add my recommendation for the book "Diving Physiology in Plain English" by Jolie Bookspan. A good grasp of the way diving affects the body will help you to understand the various approaches to decompression theory and practice.

I see someone has already recommended the "Decompression on the Fly" stuff. I would strongly suggest that you get a good, basic grasp of the traditional methods and approaches before you wander off into the mystical, wave of the hand Jedi mind-trick stuff!

Good luck in your studies.

[TSandM]

Not recommending Ratio Deco as an option, just saying it was one of many pieces on decompression I've read, and all of them have added to my nascent understanding!

George, I think we're similar . . . there's information out there, and just by being there, it's interesting Doesn't mean either of us is thinking about any 200 foot dives in the near future (if ever!) But there is a fair amount of stuff on the web if you look for it, and I just mentioned the things I could remember off the top of my head, not necessarily the ones I thought were most immediately applicable. Eric Baker's articles are probably the best mainstream pieces.

[BigJetDriver]

Doesn't mean either of us is thinking about any 200 foot dives in the near future (if ever!)

Y como no, my friends, as we say in Tejas, and why the heck not??