Fatalities from Technical diving-

[jumbo]

You obviously haven't seen Curt's spelling

Actually I did notice that error, but I figured that I really did not have very much room to talk. And considering the response to my leaving a question mark out, I’m not prepared to go and take the heat for correcting Curt Bowen.

But I did bring it up in class today. I'm just stoked that a owner of a dive mag took the time to say somthing.

 

[Curt Bowen]

You obviously haven't seen Curt's spelling

Yes, my spelling does suck, but that is why I pay an editor for the magazine, but not my e-mail posts.

I am dam good at graphics and illustrations though. Not to blow my own horn, but I feel ADM's layout is superior over other dive publications.

And yes, If I wrote the paper he would get an A+ LOL

 

[lragsac]

By reading most of the post made in response to my thread, it is apparent that there is a notable population of highly educated people in the field. I know that the dive industry has a good idea of what kind of customers they trying to serve, but I wonder what the demographics of technical diver’s looks like. I would be curious to know what the age, income, education level, sex, geographic location, and so on. But that sounds like a different thread.

Thanks for your help-

JUMBO

Demograhics is always an interesting start, so that you can describe the population you are studying. One alternative to the challenge of dealing with the subject of technical diving trends via quantitative methods is to consider doing some kind of qualitative, ethnographic study. This research methodololgy requires a different set of skills and talents however. If you are still in the early stages of your project and have access to good advisors who know something about qualitative (more sociologically or anthropologically driven) research methods, you might find such an endeavor very rewarding. I guess it depends on whether you enjoy crunching numbers or really getting inside people's heads. In fact, if I were still in grad school, I might take on such a project. But then again, if I were still in school, I wouldn't be doing tech diving, because I wouldn't have the money!

 

[jumbo]

How ironic that you brought this up. I am currently involved in an Evaluation Design class that deals with this very subject matter. But I would have to say that I already a good start being an ethnographer of the diving community in. Now I just need to find a cult of tech. divers to imerse myself in. I’m not in grad school but that may be in the future? And if I do; I think I have a good thesis subject. Good advice-


JUMBO

 

[lragsac]

How ironic that you brought this up. I am currently involved in an Evaluation Design class that deals with this very subject matter. But I would have to say that I already a good start being an ethnographer of the diving community in. Now I just need to find a cult of tech. divers to imerse myself in. I’m not in grad school but that may be in the future? And if I do; I think I have a good thesis subject. Good advice-
JUMBO

Yes, it's key to have ready, face-to-face access to tech divers so you can conduct in-depth interviews, dive with them if possible, go to club meetings, spend time talking to staff at dive shops that cater to them, etc. I'm sure you've learned in your course that there are lots of way to get "data" that can give you insight into a culture. Even content analysis of publications (and internet boards) aimed at tech diving could be used to supplement your research. Again, it presents another logistical challenge, but if you could pull it off you might have yourself a really nice project. Best of luck to you.

 

[atmo4]

First of all, I am a new member to ScubaBoard, but I must say I am in awe of some of the response's of some of the other members. This man ask's for information that in some way will, maybe down the line may save a life.
As a fellow Diver with 50 yrs of diving experance Rec/Sport/Commercial. I have found the greatest cause of diver death, is the diver himself. And to blame it on anything or anyone else, would be in error. When we took up this sport, we all were aware it could kill us. But we are human, we take things for granted like, The equipment I dove with last weekend worked great, no need to check it after one week. WRONG!

 

[jlayman800]

Hi Jumbo, As you define Tech Diving, it may be of value to compare it to the average recrecational diving as a baseline or benchmark and to split out NITROX diving from some of the Tri-Mix and more advanced gas techniques. It seems like there is no significant improvement or reduction in safety from switching to NITROX. Once a diver is going below 130 feet, using multiple gas mixes, and/or doing decompression dives, I believe you will start seeing an increase in the accident rate. I wish I had numbers to help you prove it.

I would be very interested in seeing your conclusions or reviewing your whole paper for you. I just finished a Masters of Engineering program and a technical paper on the same scale as the one your are researching. I also have about 20 years of diving experience, although none more complex than NITROX diving and a few deep dives back when I was young and stupid. Let me know by private message if you would like a review of your paper. Best of luck, John

 

[Tavi]

Once a diver is going below 130 feet, using multiple gas mixes, and/or doing decompression dives, I believe you will start seeing an increase in the accident rate. I wish I had numbers to help you prove it.

I think it would be the other way....more recreational accidents.

There is a lot more training and planning when going below 130'. It seems like this would result in less accidents

 

[r37691]

Wasn't this just asked a few months ago?

 

[Squalus]

Wasn't this just asked a few months ago?

Yes, it was. I wonder if he went to the decostop to check out any more information on tech diving.