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You could include marine wildlife that they should learn not to touch; they might have to navigate around coral without touching it, or avoiding some jellyfish might take them off course, and they have to find their way back. You could use the game to help students learn to identify different...

I agree with Doc Intrepid that PADI should have no place enforcing alcohol regulations. However, I do believe that the individuals directly involved with a diver who has been drinking (i.e., boat captains, DMs, Instructors, etc.) should enforce a "no diving with alcohol" rule on their boats and...

I also think that "taking inventory" of your aches and pains before you dive is a good idea. With that said, however, there is still a risk of getting DCS in the same spot as the pain you had before, and then missing or misdiagnosing the DCS symtoms because you attribute the pain to another...

The National Park Service at Crater Lake is no longer requiring permits to dive Crater Lake. It is an absolutely astounding place to visit, and an incredible dive! But it isn't an easy place to dive. If you plan to dive at Crater Lake, make sure to consider the following in making your plans...

Anyone who is concerned or anxious about diving due to her weight should check out Big Adventures. Trips for larger individuals who don't want to be harrassed about weight is their specialty. Here is their website: http://www.bigadventures.net/index.php I have never personally been on...

You might want to start searching for DM and Instructor job listings if you're serious about diving as a career. If you're just going to be doing it on the side for fun and experience, then which agency you choose probably doesn't matter as much for you. But if you are anticipating searching...

After insuring that the patient is reasonably dry, so that the pads can stick and the AED can work properly, my concern is for other people standing on the aluminum deck of the boat. No one is supposed to be touching the patient when the button is pressed, but since everyone else in the boat...

I'm not a public safety diver, but I am a PADI instructor in Oregon. I'm interested in potentially being trained as a volunteer diver for public safety organizations here, but don't know where to start. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hello, I am occasionally called upon to dive from an aluminum-hulled boat in my job as an aquatic research technician. We always carry a first aid kit and an o2 kit with us, and have been thinking about getting an AED for the boat as well, since we operate in a very remote area. Can an...

I've heard stories about diving the sunken version of the tacoma narrows bridge, aka "Galloping Gertie" but don't know any of the details. I've also heard that it is no longer possible to do that dive (b/c of construction, maybe?) I'd REALLY like to dive there if it is still possible. I...

Thanks for the responses! I have another question. One of the places that I dive sometimes is Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. It is a somewhat unusual dive site, in that the lake surface is at about 7100 feet above sea-level, however, the lake is in a caldera (crater at the top of a...

Hi, Dr. Deco - Do you think it could be effective to use a Gamow bag to aid a patient suffering from DCS after an altitude dive, while waiting for emergency services to arrive, and during transport to a recompression chamber facility? I know that Gamow bags cannot achieve pressures even...

Hi there! I realize that this is probably a long shot, but I am going to be in the Spokane area visiting a friend over the July 4th weekend. My friend has to work all day on Saturday July 5th, though, so I was hoping to get a chance to go diving that day while he's at work. I don't know what...

The place where I originally saw the information regarding sharks not being interested in (attracted by) menstrual blood was from a post dated July 2002, deep into (page 4) a thread entitled "Subtle sexism among instructors." Apparently that information came from a talk given at the Long Beach...

The information about sharks from my earlier post in this thread was obtained a while back from another thread in the women's forum that was not specifically about sharks and menstruation, but the subject came up within the thread. I'll try and dig up the original one that I saw, and see if it...

The blood cells and tissue that are discharged during menstruation are essentially old & dead, and are generally of no interest to sharks, who can tell the difference between that and fresh, live blood cells from an injured organism. There is some research to suggest that in cases where...

I think she might make a good candidate for nomination, but I don't know all that many details. She was the author of a very important study regarding safety for scientific diving, and she's done all kinds of research diving for many years. But that's about all I know. I'm pretty sure she'd...

I am guessing, since most gear and other scuba products are designed for men (in terms of size and cut, for example) that most of the ads you see related to diving will be directed toward men as well. Ads for gear designed specifically for women will also usually have women in them, but the...

The more posts I read in this thread, the more I think that the issue of WHERE you are diving (in terms of the amount of weight and exposure protection) should be taken into account by the powers that be who develop the training manuals and such. As a diver in the PNW who wears a 7mm neoprene...

Welcome to the world of diving! I'm jealous about the snorkeling with manatees! Good luck with the lottery -- I'm trying to win one myself, but I'm over here in Oregon, so we aren't competing against each other. In the absence of the winning ticket, I highly recommend checking out all the...