Rescue skills are essential.
A basic air deco course is an excellent idea too - even if you don't end up doing deco dives regularly it will make you more informed and resilient.
A safe ascent rate is critical.
Safety stops are a precaution in 'no decompression' diving.
I am unaware of any evidence that additional deep/staged stops are likely to provide any advantage to you asuming you remain within the no deco limits and ascend at a safe rate.
That said, at least...
OMG this thread contains some seriously dangerous suggestions.
Undertaking IWR without training, planning, specalised equipment and teamwork is completley and utterly retarded. Not because some instructor doesn't want noobs doing it. You need to have a proceedure in place, know that everyone...
Try this. The next time you get asked for a cert card 'accidently' show them your bowling card/student ID/whatever plastic card instead. I bet you more often than not they don't even notice.
The British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) had an Advanced Diver award that is focussed on supervising diving groups, rescue management skills and expedition planning whilst building seamanship and developing leadership qualities. The course has relatively few formal practical lessons and is much...
Excellent tried and tested OC trimix computer.
Only downside is that the menu is a bit complex at 1st.
The VRX is the new version but not much to differentiate them.
Liquidvision X1, VRX or a Predator. Or do GUE Tech1 and use ratio deco.
But as others have pointed out they may be out of date by the time you get to use them.
A Uwatec TEC3G is a nice cheap computer that will assist you to accelerate your deco using EAN and is great in gauge mode as it has...
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