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What does a Dive medical entail? What does a medical diving professional do or check??? Nervous
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@ Doc Harry: In Australia, specific to Queensland (where I'm a working Inst.), a medical is needed to undertake courses, or act as a professional. It would be very peculiar if you were required to have a medical to go diving for pleasure.
http://www.padi.com/english/common/courses/forms/pdf/10063-ver2-0.pdf
The dive medicals I have had have been no different than a general work-up. On the attached form, there are a lot of tick-boxes. If you answer YES to anything on the list, the doctor will then examine that in more detail. For example, I say YES to asthma, so I had to do spirometric, salt water inhalation tests etc to make sure I wasn't going to suffer an attack underwater.
Dive medicine knowledge is not common, so make sure that if you answer yes to any question, that you get checked out by a doctor that has specific dive medical knowledge.
What does a Dive medical entail? What does a medical diving professional do or check??? Nervous