Product Description
Investigating Recreational and Commercial Diving Accidents is a must read for anyone who investigates recreational, technical, professional, or commercial diving accidents. This book explores the human interactions that must take place when a diving accident is investigated.

It is an important reference for anyone who is professionally employed in the diving business, as well as anyone employed in risk management, law enforcement, and other governmental agencies.

Some of the unique information in the bookincludes:

• Information on the various modes of diving
• Detailed coverage of every type of diving gear, from snorkeling equipment through deep sea diving equipment
• Physiological factors in diving accidents
• Talents of the dive accident investigator
• Tools used by the dive accident investigator
• How to prepare for an investigation
• How to conduct an investigation
• Inspecting dive accident sites
• How to investigate a sport diving accident
• Professional diving accidents
• Commercial diving accidents
• Report preparation
• Trial testimony

Both authors have extensive experience in investigating and treating diving accidents. Steven M. Barsky is a former commercial diver, a recreational diving instructor, and a full time consultant in diving. Tom Neuman, M.D., FACP, FACPM, is a former Navy diver, past president of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, and director of the University of California at San Diego Hyperbaric Medical facility. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Recommended Reading for All Diving Professionals
"Investigating Recreational and Commercial Diving Accidents" is an exceptional, straight-forward guidebook that outlines the basics of conducting a diving casualty investigation.As a federal commercial diving casualty investigating officer, I highly recommend this book to anyone who investigates diving accidents and, more importantly, to anyone who owns or operates a commercial or recreational diving business to learn how to prevent diving accidents in the future.Steve Barsky's "Recommendations to Help Avoid Commercial Diving Accidents," if followed, will help prevent the majority of diving related accidents.I recommend this simple, one-page list be placed in every diving operations manual and incorporated into every diving business plan.

LCDR Jim Elliott
U.S. Coast Guard

Another Great Book from Steven Barsky
At last! A chink in the armor of professional dive accident investigation is found. In Steven Barsky's and Dr. Tom Neuman's book - Investigating Recreational and Commercial Diving Accidents - we get something of an inside look at the processes that should occur during the investigation of a diving accident. This exceptionally readable book gives just the right amount of technical information without drowning the reader in the ocean of information that exists.

Skillfully assembled into well defined segments, this book paces its way through many of the pitfalls of investigation.The Case Histories were invaluable. I obtained this book in an effort to not only help to better prepare myself to investigate diving accidents but also to look forward in an attempt to eliminate some of the mistakes that led to fatalities while diving. This book gave many interesting and varied cues through these Case Histories.

As a front-line law enforcement supervisor I wish I could put a book like this in my Deputys' hands at every major event. As a dive team supervisor I know that every diver on my team will take something away from this book, whether it's safety related or investigative skills, there's more than enough to go around.

Sergeant Paul Cook
Washtenaw County Office of the Sheriff
Underwater Search and Recovery Team Leader
Ann Arbor, Michigan ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Informative yet easy reading
While the Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving is a very informative book,it is not the "heavy" reading that one might expect from a PADImanual.The terminoligy and concepts covered in this book nicelysuppliment what one learns throughout the recreational diving classes --novice open water dives, advanced techniques, underwater navigation, andrescue techniques.

I recommend this for divers who have gone through openwater and advanced classes (and even Rescue), feeling that they did not getall they could out of the classes and textbook.This book is a must forthose wishing to seek a professional dive rating (divemaster and higher),or pursue technical dive certifications. ... Read more

Product Description
The Recreational Diver's Dictionary and Historical Timeline is a reference material intended for use by recreational students and certified divers alike with regard to increasing individual knowledge and supplement textbook studies. Good for student divers of all levels of instruction, this compilation contains over 2.500 terms that pertain to the recreational diving industry including slang, indexes on units of measure, conversion tables, acronym ready reference, and a timeline that spans over 500 years of scuba diving history. ... Read more