Fatalities from Technical diving-

[jlayman800]

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

Wow, now we really do need to see the numbers. I hope our student will post his findings, once he is finished.

 

[jlayman800]

If you are a DAN member, you can provided some good data to our student friend from: https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/report/

I was going to join just now but found that DAN has taken the insurance benefit out of the membership cost and the cost of insurance is WILDLY CRAZY in addition to the membership dues. Maybe somebody that is already a member will get the data.

 

[Scuby Dooby]

jumbo,

Don't bite off more than you can chew here. If you aren't doing an MPhil or a PhD with this topic in mind then you are going to have to scale down your ambitions - alot!

First tell us what kind of course this is a part of, what your professor is expecting (ie methodology, length of the paper, etc.) If you do that then maybe people can point you toward some research or data that would be manageable for your class.

Fill in some of the blanks for us - we're all ears

 

[jumbo]

Don’t bite of more than you can chew, too late.

I am a Recreation Science major at Western Washington Univ. in Bellingham Wa. This project was for a Leisure and Society class, term paper. This is part of an undergraduate degree, and the broad focus of the paper was the ethics of technical diving.

The reasons for selecting this topic to explore are numerous, but I will highlight the reasons that pertain to the Scuba Board.
• I am already a tech diver with plenty of experience
• I could produce the majority of the paper from my memory, thus saving research time
• I work at a dive shop, so the information is readily available
• I have close friends who are saturation divers, navel special warfare divers, and very experienced tech divers
• I really needed a topic that I dug, you know acute seniorities

The reality of this part of my schooling is that I could not dedicate enough time to really do a subject like this justice, and that I could spend years researching and creating a truly valuable piece of research. I actually used very little in the way of accident analysis and technical diving related deaths.

If I go to graduate school this will be my subject of my thesis. The most valuable thing I garnished from posting my original message was the critique I received initially, even though it was hard to swallow, and that Curt Bowen had a spelling error and jokingly offered to write my paper. LOL

I do have a finial copy if any one wants a gander I’ll send it to you, thanks for you response. And shoot any more questions my way, I will try and answer them to the best of my ability.

Regards,

JUMBO

 

[RICoder]

Some of this has already been mentioned, but I think it necessary to restate it.

First, you will have to DEFINE tech diving in hard terms. What depth, what equipment, what methods...

Second, if you are going to compare fatalities to something else, like rec diving, you need to do it in the context of overall population. The tech diving community is significantly smaller than the rec diving community. A quick perusal of a non-fiction deep diver book I just read said something about the per capita fatality rates being close to the same, if only slightly higher in tech.

Diving as a hobby can get some people in a tizzy during discussion. There is no doubt that any time you get in the water, there are risks. Mitigating those risks with proper training and equipment is what makes it a sport. Tech divers merely extend the boundries.

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I posted too late...

You should post your paper somewhere and link it up, I think a lot of people here would like to read it.