New book on risk management for diving operations
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The book provides the reader with a good deal of information about sources of errors, human factors and their impact on safety, the importance of good situational awareness, what characteristics make a good dive leader, how we should learn essential diving skills, what kind of stress, both physical and psychological, affects our performance, and what specific hazards derive from the different diving environments and the effect of diving on human physiology.
The book is divided into 14 "standalone" chapters; each has a summary of its main contents at the beginning and a "lessons learned" section at the end. You can read the book cover-to-cover or only focus on the chapters related to your diving operations – the decision is yours.
The biomedical aspects of diving have been reviewed by Brian Strickland, M.D., who completed his fellowship in wilderness medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and is currently a practicing emergency medicine physician.
A series of appendixes complete the book. Here, the reader can find examples and templates of risk assessments that can be adapted to their specific diving situations. An analysis of the physics and mathematics behind the decompression models is also provided.
The book is available on Amazon https://a.co/d/gZo2aqf
I will also present the book at DEMA Show (USA) on Wednesday, 15th November (14:00 to 14:30) and Thursday, 16th November (15:00 to 15:30) at Dema Central Booth 3400. If you attend DEMA this year, I hope to see you then.
Cheers.
Giorgio
Giorgio Caramanna MSc, PhD, Geologist
Advanced European Scientific Diver
American Academy of Underwater Sciences Diver
Golden Trident International Academy of Underwater Sciences and Techniques