| Scuba diving is a fun, exciting, exhilarating sport. | | | | with another experience scuba diver. They also stay |
| Scuba divers get to explore the depths of the | | | | in good shape in order to avoid accidents caused by |
| mysterious underwater world in a safe way, | | | | being unable to swim for an extended period. Finally, |
| assuming they follow the rules and regulations of | | | | they always plan their trips in safe locations and keep |
| scuba diving. When scuba divers get hurt, people | | | | an eye on weather reports in order to avoid scuba |
| refer to the incident as a "scuba diving accident." | | | | diving accidents related to storms or choppy water. |
| However, a trained, careful diver should very rarely | | | | It is also important to realize that not everyone can |
| have an accident. A majority of scuba diving incidents | | | | dive even if they receive the proper training. In order |
| leading to injury or death can be avoided. In other | | | | to avoid accidents, people who have breathing |
| words, these incidents are not accidents, but usually | | | | problems, are over-weight or are cluster phobic |
| failures by the divers to scuba dive safely and | | | | should not dive regardless of the extent of training |
| carefully. | | | | they receive. People who have had bad experiences |
| If you were to analyze scuba diving safety rules and | | | | in the water, are poor swimmers or have an |
| regulations, you would notice that they are designed | | | | abnormal fear of drowning should also avoid scuba |
| to eliminate almost all chance for any accident to | | | | diving. It is also important to be able to react calmly |
| occur. Safe scuba divers follow these rules, leading to | | | | and quickly if equipment malfunctions, or any other |
| good diving habits, and unsafe diving is caused by | | | | problem occurs, and therefore, people with panic or |
| bad diving habits. Almost all scuba diving "accidents" | | | | anxiety disorders should also avoid diving. |
| can be avoided by following good diving practices and | | | | Although almost all scuba diving accidents are |
| creating good habits. Some of the most common bad | | | | avoidable by maintaining safe diving habits, a small |
| diving practices leading to scuba diving accidents | | | | percentage of scuba diving accidents are unavoidable |
| include deep air diving, diving alone, diving without the | | | | due to unknown external factors. For example, some |
| proper training, diving in a medically unfit or | | | | years ago two German divers died in Yugoslavia |
| overweight condition and failure to maintain | | | | when a local started using dynamite to fish at the |
| certification and proper training. | | | | dive-site. The explosion knocked the two men |
| Good scuba divers who are generally able to avoid all | | | | unconscious and they drowned. Scuba accidents like |
| scuba accidents never dive beyond the limits of what | | | | this are almost impossible to avoid, but luckily they |
| their training has taught them. They regularly practice | | | | are also very rare. |
| and improve upon scuba diving skills and always dive | | | | |