U.S. Navy Diving Manual #
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- CHAP 2, Underwater Physics
- CHAP 3, Underwater Physiology
- 31 INTRODUCTION
- 32 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- 33 THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
- 34 THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- 35 RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS IN DIVING
- 36 BREATHHOLDING AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
- 37 HYPERVENTILATION
- 38 EFFECTS OF BAROTRAUMA AND PRESSURE ON THE HUMAN BODY
- 38.1 Conditions Leading to Barotrauma
- 38.2 General Symptoms of Barotrauma
- 38.3 Middle Ear Squeeze
- 38.4 Sinus Squeeze
- 38.5 Tooth Squeeze (Barodontalgia)
- 38.6 External Ear Squeeze
- 38.7 Thoracic (Lung) Squeeze
- 38.8 Face or Body Squeeze
- 38.9 Middle Ear Overpressure (Reverse Middle Ear Squeeze)
- 38.10 Sinus Overpressure (Reverse Sinus Squeeze)
- 38.11 Overexpansion of the Stomach and Intestine
- 38.12 Inner Ear Dysfunction
- 39 PULMONARY OVERINFLATION SYNDROMES
- 310 INDIRECT EFFECTS OF PRESSURE
- 311 PHYSIOLOGICAL HAZARDS FROM MUNITIONS
- 312 THERMAL PROBLEMS AND OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN DIVING
- CHAP 4, Dive Systems
- CHAP 5, Dive Program Administration
- 51 INTRODUCTION
- 52 OBJECTIVES OF THE RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING SYSTEM
- 53 RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING DOCUMENTS
- 54 COMMAND SMOOTH DIVING LOG
- 55 RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER LOG
- 56 DIVER'S PERSONAL DIVE LOG
- 57 DIVING MISHAP/CASUALTY REPORTING
- 58 EQUIPMENT FAILURE OR DEFICIENCY REPORTING
- 59 U.S. NAVY DIVE REPORTING SYSTEM (DRS)
- 510 ACCIDENT/INCIDENT EQUIPMENT INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS
- 511 REPORTING CRITERIA
- 512 ACTIONS REQUIRED
- CHAP 6, Operational Planning
- 61 INTRODUCTION
- 62 GENERAL PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
- 63 DEFINE MISSION OBJECTIVE
- 64 IDENTIFY OPERATIONAL TASKS
- 65 COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA
- 66 IDENTIFY ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPERATIONAL HAZARDS
- 66.1 Underwater Visibility
- 66.2 Temperature
- 66.3 Contaminated Water
- 66.4 Thermal Pollution
- 66.5 Chemical Contamination
- 66.6 Biological Contamination
- 66.7 Altitude Diving
- 66.8 Underwater Obstacles
- 66.9 Electrical Shock Hazards
- 66.10 Explosions
- 66.11 Sonar
- 66.12 Nuclear Radiation
- 66.13 Marine Life
- 66.14 Vessel and Small Boat Traffic
- 66.15 Territorial Waters
- 67 SELECT DIVING TECHNIQUE
- 68 SELECT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
- 69 SELECT AND ASSEMBLE THE DIVING TEAM
- 69.1 Manning Levels
- 69.2 Commanding Officer
- 69.3 Diving Officer
- 69.4 Master Diver
- 69.5 Diving Supervisor
- 69.6 Diving Medical Officer
- 69.7 Diving Personnel
- 69.8 Standby Diver
- 69.9 Buddy Diver
- 69.10 Diver Tender
- 69.11 Recorder
- 69.12 Medical Personnel
- 69.13 Other Support Personnel
- 69.14 Cross-Training and Substitution
- 69.15 Physical Condition.
- 69.16 Underwater Salvage or Construction Demolition Personnel.
- 610 OSHA REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S NAVY CIVILIAN DIVING
- 611 ORGANIZE AND SCHEDULE OPERATIONS
- 612 BRIEF THE DIVING TEAM
- 613 AIR DIVING EQUIPMENT REFERENCE DATA
- CHAP 7, Scuba Air Diving Operations
- CHAP 8, Surface-Supplied Air Diving Operations
- 81 INTRODUCTION
- 82 MK 21 MOD 1
- 83 MK 20 MOD 0
- 84 PORTABLE SURFACE-SUPPLIED DIVING SYSTEMS
- 85 ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT FOR SURFACE-SUPPLIED DIVING
- 86 SURFACE AIR SUPPLY SYSTEMS
- 87 DIVER COMMUNICATIONS
- 88 PREDIVE PROCEDURES
- 89 WATER ENTRY AND DESCENT
- 810 UNDERWATER PROCEDURES
- 810.1 Adapting to Underwater Conditions
- 810.2 Movement on the Bottom
- 810.3 Searching on the Bottom
- 810.4 Enclosed Space Diving
- 810.5 Working Around Corners
- 810.6 Working Inside a Wreck
- 810.7 Working With or Near Lines or Moorings
- 810.8 Bottom Checks
- 810.9 Job Site Procedures
- 810.10 Safety Procedures
- 810.11 Tending the Diver
- 810.12 Monitoring the Diver’s Movements
- 811 ASCENT PROCEDURES
- 812 SURFACE DECOMPRESSION
- 813 POSTDIVE PROCEDURES
- CHAP 9, Air Decompression
- 91 INTRODUCTION
- 92 THEORY OF DECOMPRESSION
- 93 AIR DECOMPRESSION DEFINITIONS
- 93.1 Descent Time
- 93.2 Bottom Time
- 93.3 Decompression Table
- 93.4 Decompression Schedule
- 93.5 Decompression Stop
- 93.6 Depth.
- 93.7 Equivalent Single Dive Bottom Time
- 93.8 Unlimited/No-Decompression (No “D”) Limit
- 93.9 Repetitive Dive
- 93.10 Repetitive Group Designation
- 93.11 Residual Nitrogen
- 93.12 Residual Nitrogen Time
- 93.13 Single Dive
- 93.14 Single Repetitive Dive
- 93.15 Surface Interval
- 94 DIVE RECORDING
- 95 TABLE SELECTION
- 96 ASCENT PROCEDURES
- 97 UNLIMITED/NO-DECOMPRESSION LIMITS AND REPETITIVE GROUP DESIGNATION TABLE FOR UNLIMITED/NO-DEC...
- 98 U.S. NAVY STANDARD AIR DECOMPRESSION TABLE
- 99 REPETITIVE DIVES
- 910 SURFACE DECOMPRESSION
- 911 EXCEPTIONAL EXPOSURE DIVES
- 912 DIVING AT HIGH ALTITUDES
- 913 ASCENT TO ALTITUDE AFTER DIVING/FLYING AFTER DIVING.
- CHAP 10, Nitrogen-Oxygen Diving Operations
- 101 INTRODUCTION
- 102 EQUIVALENT AIR DEPTH
- 103 OXYGEN TOXICITY
- 104 NITROX DIVING PROCEDURES
- 105 NITROX REPETITIVE DIVING
- 106 NITROX DIVE CHARTING
- 107 FLEET TRAINING FOR NITROX
- 108 NITROX DIVING EQUIPMENT
- 109 EQUIPMENT CLEANLINESS
- 1010 BREATHING GAS PURITY
- 1011 NITROX MIXING
- 1012 NITROX MIXING, BLENDING, AND STORAGE SYSTEMS
- CHAP 11, Ice and Cold Water Diving Operations
- 111 INTRODUCTION
- 112 OPERATIONS PLANNING
- 112.1 Planning Guidelines
- 112.2 Navigational Considerations
- 112.3 Scuba Considerations
- 112.4 Scuba Regulators.
- 112.5 Life Preserver
- 112.6 Face Mask
- 112.7 Scuba Equipment
- 112.8 Surface-Supplied Diving System (SSDS) Considerations
- 112.9 Suit Selection
- 112.10 Clothing
- 112.11 Ancillary Equipment
- 112.12 Dive Site Shelter
- 113 PREDIVE PROCEDURES
- 114 UNDERWATER PROCEDURES
- 115 OPERATING PRECAUTIONS
- 116 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- 117 ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
- CHAP 13, Mixed-Gas Operational Planning
- CHAP 14, Surface-Supplied Mixed Gas Diving Procedures
- 141 INTRODUCTION
- 142 PLANNING THE OPERATION
- 143 SURFACE-SUPPLIED HELIUM-OXYGEN DESCENT AND ASCENT PROCEDURES
- 143.1 Surface-Supplied Helium-Oxygen Decompression Table
- 143.2 Special Procedures for Descent with Less than 16 percent Oxygen
- 143.3 Procedures for Shifting to 60 Percent Helium/40 Percent Oxygen at 100 fsw.
- 143.4 Procedures for Shifting to 100 Percent Oxygen at the First Oxygen Stop.
- 143.5 Ascent from the 40-fsw Water Stop
- 143.6 Surface Decompression Procedures (SUR D)
- 143.7 Normal SUR D Procedures Using Oxygen
- 143.8 Emergency SUR D Procedures Using Oxygen
- 143.9 Aborted Dive During Descent
- 143.10 Variation in Rate of Ascent
- 143.11 Special Procedures for Diving with an Oxygen Partial Pressure Greater Than 1.3 ata.
- 144 SURFACE-SUPPLIED HELIUM-OXYGEN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- 144.1 Bottom Time in Excess of the Table
- 144.2 Loss of Helium-Oxygen Supply on the Bottom
- 144.3 Inability to Shift to 40 Percent Oxygen at 100 fsw During Decompression
- 144.4 Loss of Oxygen Supply at 50 fsw
- 144.5 Loss of Oxygen Supply at the 40-fsw Stop
- 144.6 Oxygen Supply Contaminated with Helium-Oxygen
- 144.7 Central Nervous System (CNS) Oxygen Toxicity Symptoms (Nonconvulsive) at the 50-fsw Stop
- 144.8 CNS Oxygen Toxicity Symptoms (Nonconvulsive) at the 40-fsw Stop
- 144.9 CNS Oxygen Convulsion at the 50-fsw Stop or 40-fsw Stop
- 144.10 Omitted Decompression
- 144.11 Light-Headed or Dizzy Diver on the Bottom
- 144.12 Unconscious Diver on the Bottom
- 144.13 Decompression Sickness in the Water
- CHAP 15, Saturation Diving
- 151 INTRODUCTION
- 152 APPLICATIONS
- 153 BASIC COMPONENTS OF A SATURATION DIVE SYSTEM
- 154 U.S. NAVY SATURATION FACILITIES
- 155 INTRODUCTION
- 156 THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM
- 157 SATURATION DIVING UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS
- 158 UBA GAS USAGE
- 159 INTRODUCTION
- 1510 OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
- 1511 SELECTION OF STORAGE DEPTH
- 1512 RECORDS
- 1513 LOGISTICS
- 1514 DDC AND PTC ATMOSPHERE CONTROL
- 1515 GAS SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS
- 1516 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
- 1517 FIRE ZONE CONSIDERATIONS
- 1518 HYGIENE
- 1519 ATMOSPHERE QUALITY CONTROL
- 1520 COMPRESSION PHASE
- 1521 STORAGE DEPTH
- 1522 DEEP DIVING SYSTEM (DDS) EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- 1523 SATURATION DECOMPRESSION
- 1524 POSTDIVE PROCEDURES
- CHAP 17, Closed-Circuit Mixed-Gas UBA Diving
- 171 INTRODUCTION
- 172 PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
- 173 USN CLOSED-CIRCUIT MIXED-GAS UBA
- 174 OPERATIONAL PLANNING
- 175 PREDIVE PROCEDURES
- 176 WATER ENTRY AND DESCENT
- 177 UNDERWATER PROCEDURES
- 178 ASCENT PROCEDURES
- 179 POSTDIVE PROCEDURES
- 1710 DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES
- 1711 MEDICAL ASPECTS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT MIXED-GAS UBA
- CHAP 18, Closed-Circuit Oxygen UBA Diving
- 181 INTRODUCTION
- 182 MEDICAL ASPECTS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT OXYGEN DIVING
- 183 MK 25 (DRAEGER LAR V UBA)
- 184 CLOSED-CIRCUIT OXYGEN EXPOSURE LIMITS
- 184.1 Transit with Excursion Limits Table.
- 184.2 Single-Depth Oxygen Exposure Limits Table.
- 184.3 Oxygen Exposure Limit Testing.
- 184.4 Individual Oxygen Susceptibility Precautions.
- 184.5 Transit with Excursion Limits.
- 184.6 Single-Depth Limits.
- 184.7 Exposure Limits for Successive Oxygen Dives
- 184.8 Exposure Limits for Oxygen Dives Following Mixed-Gas or Air Dives
- 184.9 Oxygen Diving at High Elevations
- 184.10 Flying After Oxygen Diving
- 184.11 Combat Operations
- 184.12 References for Additional Information.
- 185 OPERATIONS PLANNING
- 186 PREDIVE PROCEDURES
- 187 WATER ENTRY AND DESCENT
- 188 UNDERWATER PROCEDURES
- 189 ASCENT PROCEDURES
- 1810 POSTDIVE PROCEDURES AND DIVE DOCUMENTATION
- Diving Disorders Not Requiring Recompression Therapy
- CHAP 20, Diving Disorders Requiring Recompression Therapy
- 201 INTRODUCTION
- 202 ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM
- 202.1 Arterial Embolism Development.
- 202.2 Unconsciousness Caused by Arterial Gas Embolism.
- 202.3 Neurological Symptoms of Arterial Gas Embolism.
- 202.4 Additional Symptoms of Arterial Gas Embolism.
- 202.5 Neurological Examination Guidelines.
- 202.6 Administering Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) in the Embolized Diver
- 202.7 Prevention of Arterial Gas Embolism
- 203 DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
- CHAP 21, Recompression Therapy
- 211 INTRODUCTION
- 212 PRESCRIBING AND MODIFYING TREATMENTS
- 213 OMITTED DECOMPRESSION
- 213.1 Planned and Unplanned Omitted Decompression.
- 213.2 Treating Omitted Decompression with Symptoms.
- 213.3 Treating Omitted Decompression in Specific Operational Environments.
- 213.4 Ascent from 20 Feet or Shallower (Shallow Surfacing) with Decompression Stops Required.
- 213.5 Ascent from 20 Feet or Shallower with No Decompression Stops Required.
- 213.6 Ascent from Deeper than 20 Feet (Uncontrolled Ascent)
- 214 RECOMPRESSION TREATMENTS WHEN NO RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER IS AVAILABLE
- 215 RECOMPRESSION TREATMENTS WHEN CHAMBER IS AVAILABLE
- 215.1 Symptoms During Decompression and Surface Decompression (Recompression Chamber Available).
- 215.2 Recompression Treatments When Oxygen Is Not Available.
- 215.3 Treatment at Altitude
- 215.4 Recompression Treatments When Oxygen Is Available.
- 215.5 Tending the Patient.
- 215.6 Recompression Chamber Life-Support Considerations.
- 215.7 Loss of Oxygen During Treatment.
- 215.8 Use of High-Oxygen Mixes.
- 215.9 Treatment at Altitude - Tender Consideration
- 216 POST-TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS
- 217 NON-STANDARD TREATMENTS
- 218 RECOMPRESSION TREATMENT ABORT PROCEDURES
- 219 EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT