This book provides a straightforward explanation of the theory, with practical advice and strategies that help the diver avoid the bends.

This book takes you beyond the basic information given by the training agencies to a level of understanding that will better protect you from the ravages of DCI. The text ranges across traditional decompression, gas movement in the body, women and diving, personal decompression computers(PDCs), DCI avoidance strategies, bubble control including RGBM and deep stops, multi-level computer assisted diving, gas planning, alternative decompression systems, risk assessment, DCI first aid and practical decompression in the real-world