UK SPORT Diving Medical Guidelines

UK SPORT DIVING MEDICAL GUIDELINES
As agreed by BSAC medical committee, the SSAC medical advisor and the medical advisor to SAA

These guidelines have been made generally available in order that examining doctors, Medical Referees and divers can readily refer to them for guidance.
They are not to be interpreted rigidly but by the examining doctor in the light of the individual divers circumstances.
Where these guidelines are not sufficient to resolve a problem, a Medical Referee should be consulted.
The final court of appeal for BSAC members is the BSAC Medical Committee.

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Cardiac Pacemakers
Coronary Artery Surgery and Angioplasty
Exercise Testing for Ischaemic Heart Disease
Hypertension
Intracardiac Shunts
Previous Myocardial Infarction
Prosthetic Cardiac Valves

GENERAL
Anticoagulants
Diabetes Mellitus
Dysbaric Illness
Hyperlipidaemia
Obesity
Opthalmological Problems
Pregnancy

NEUROLOGICAL
Epilepsy
Head Injury
Multiple Sclerosis
Neurological Disease

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Asthma
Pneumothorax and diving

ADVICE FOR DIVERS
(Not part of Guidelines but are common diver problems)
Sea Sickness
Ear Clearing

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