underwater diving
Let an agent explain underwater diving and its modes, relay physiology, decompression principles, training and safety from diving medicine and training agency sources at a general level, describe technical and professional diving, and distinguish underwater diving from swimming, snorkelling and competitive springboard diving, routing incidents to emergency services.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain underwater diving and its modes, relay physiology, decompression principles, training and safety from diving medicine and training agency sources at a general level, describe technical and professional diving, and distinguish underwater diving from swimming, snorkelling and competitive springboard diving, routing incidents to emergency services.
The practice of descending below the water surface to interact with the environment, whether by breath-hold, scuba with self-contained breathing apparatus, surface-supplied equipment or in atmospheric suits, for recreation, science, work and military purposes, with disciplines such as technical diving beyond recreational limits, defined skills for scuba and surface-supplied diving, timed competitive diving known as Zeittauchen, and the decompression theory and models that govern safe ascent; diving carries risks managed by training and standards.
What it is for: Working, exploring and recreating under water.
It can be route emergencies first; explain modes and physiology; relay training and safety; distinguish related activities.
Distinguishing features
Pressure environment
Breathing apparatus
Decompression management
Training and standards
What it looks like
A diver with mask, fins and breathing apparatus.
Physical character
recreational depth limit: about 40 m - most agencies
pressure increase: 1 atmosphere per 10 m note
decompression models: Haldane, Buhlmann, VPM list
divers certified worldwide: tens of millions count - estimates
How it is recognised
Going below the water surface with or without apparatus
Scuba, surface-supplied, technical diving, freediving, Zeittauchen, decompression theory
Swimming stays at the surface; snorkelling breathes through a tube; springboard diving is a jumping sport
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is governed by - for safe ascent
is contrasted with - at the surface
In practice
Families and kinds
freediving and breath-hold diving
recreational scuba diving
technical diving with mixed gases and decompression
surface-supplied and saturation diving for work
scientific and public safety diving
competitive timed diving such as Zeittauchen
Standards and regulation
Training agency standards such as PADI, CMAS and TDI
Occupational diving regulations and IMCA standards
Equipment standards such as EN 250
Failure modes and hazards
Decompression sickness, barotrauma and drowning
Agents giving personal dive planning or decompression advice beyond general principles
Registry aliases mixing skills, theory and a niche sport
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Emergency Diving incidents.
Clinical.
Act
Act now.
Act
Act.
- Does the user describe a diving accident or symptoms of decompression sickness, which need emergency services and a hyperbaric facility? boundary
- Has the agent directed the user to emergency services and diver emergency lines before anything else? action
Signs
Warning signs.
Signs
Signs.
- What signs of decompression sickness and barotrauma do diving medicine sources list? definition
- Which entry fits decompression sickness? action
Understand What underwater diving is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and modes.
Definition
Definition.
- What is underwater diving, and how do freediving, scuba, technical, surface-supplied and saturation diving differ from swimming and springboard diving? definition
- Is the question about the activity, a mode, training, physiology or a personal dive plan? boundary
Physiology
Physiology and decompression.
Physiology
Physiology.
- How do pressure, gas absorption and decompression theory shape safe diving, at a general level? provenance
- Which entry fits decompression theory? action
Practice Training and safety.
Regulation.
Training
Training and skills.
Training
Training.
- How are scuba and surface-supplied skills taught and certified? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Safety
Safety and regulation.
Safety
Safety.
- What standards govern recreational and occupational diving? provenance
- Is the presentation limited to general principles rather than personal dive planning? boundary
Context Uses and history.
Context.
Uses
Uses.
Uses
Uses.
- How is diving used in science, industry, archaeology and competition such as Zeittauchen? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific use? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did diving develop from breath-hold divers and bells to scuba and saturation systems? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of underwater diving? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should scuba diving, technical diving and decompression theory be separate primary entries?
- How should diving medicine and agency sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming skills, theory and Zeittauchen; should they be split off?