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NOAA Diving Manual 6th Edition

NOAA Diving Manual 6th Edition

NOAA Diving Manual 6th Edition

NOAA Diving Manual 6th Edition

Overview

All serious divers should have this comprehensive manual in their library. Dozens of the foremost diving scientists, educators, and other professionals in the field have contributed to and reviewed this important volume.

The 6th edition is vastly more robust than previous editions, and the MSRP is 10% less than previous editions - giving the reader more value for a lower price. This sixth edition of the NOAA Diving Manual builds on earlier editions, combining new developments in equipment and cutting-edge methods and procedures to provide a reference text that is useful for not only scientists but also all divers.

New Chapters

  • Advanced Platform Support - diving with ROVs/AUVs, submersibles, and atmospheric diving systems
  • Underwater Photography and Videography

    • Significantly revised and updated chapters include:

  • Diving Equipment
  • Procedures for Scientific Dives
  • Rebreathers
  • Polluted-Water Diving

    • This edition also includes the new NOAA nitrox tables.

    Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781930536883
    Publisher: Best Publishing Company
    Publication date: 07/31/2017
    Pages: 796
    Sales rank: 525,696
    Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.58(d)

    Table of Contents

    Foreword

    Preface

    Contributors and Reviewers

    Former Contributors and Reviewers

    Acknowledgments

    SECTION 1: DIVING BASICS

    1 History of Diving

    2 Diving Equipment

    3 Diving Physics.

    4 Diving Physiology

    5 Air Diving and Decompression

    SECTION 2: ADVANCED MODES OF DIVING

    6 Nitrox Diving

    7 Mixed-Gas Diving

    8 Rebreathers

    9 Surface-Supplied Diving

    10 Advanced Platform Support

    11 Saturation Diving

    SECTION 3: DIVING PLANNING AND PROCEDURES

    12 Dive Planning

    13 Procedures for Scientific Dives

    14 Procedures for Working Dives

    15 Underwater Photography and Videography

    SECTION 4: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

    16 Hazardous Aquatic Animals

    17 Diving Under Special Conditions

    18 Polluted-Water Diving

    SECTION 5: EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

    19 Diver Location and Recovery

    20 Diving Accident Management and Emergency Procedures

    21 Emergency Medical Care

    22 Hyperbaric Chambers and Support Equipment

    Appendix A: Nitrox Dive Tables

    Appendix B: Field Neurological Assessment

    Appendix C: Flow Charts and Treatment Tables

    Appendix D: U.S. Navy Air Decompression Tables

    Appendix E: NOAA Air Diving Table

    Appendix F: Rebreather Checklists

    Appendix G: Recognition of Diving Maladies

    Appendix H: Glossary of Diving Terms

    Appendix I: References

    Appendix J: Index

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