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New Medical Form & Guidance for Diving after Covid 19
The revised medical form has made some small changes to three of the questions, these are: Q5 Collapsed lung, pneumothorax or other lung injury? Now reads: Collapsed lung, pneumothorax or any other lung injury or problem (except COVID-19)? Note – This is largely...
Dive at Lundy This Summer – 50th Birthday Celebrations
The Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the island of Lundy in the Outer Bristol Channel is 50 years old this year. The MPA began its existence as a voluntary marine nature reserve in 1972, following an agreement with local fishermen to desist from scallop dredging and...
National Diving Officer Update
New Medical Form and Guidance for Diving after Covid-19 The revised medical form has made some small changes to three of the questions, these are: Q5 Collapsed lung, pneumothorax or other lung injury? Now reads: Collapsed lung, pneumothorax or any other lung injury or...
SAA members prove they are the friendliest divers
Following a call from a very distressed young man who had lost a watch which was of huge sentimental value I asked our members via facebook and our newsletter if any of our members could help Following this 2 of our members Lee Poxon (SAA SW/West regional rep) &...
SAA Covid 19 Guidance – Training in Swimming Pools
Now that pools are returning to pre covid-19 operating, albeit with some local restrictions, clubs will be looking at how this impacts on their pool sessions. The first thing, if not already done, is to review your pool operating procedures. The area’s most likely to...
Diving after Covid
As we start to return to diving I know that some of you will have suffered Covid at one level or another. Questions about when can I return to diving have been raised and I feel that now is probably a good time to direct those involved to the UKDMC score card. This...
Guidance Notes For A Safe Return To Diving
As the UK governments start to layout the road map out of lockdown we can start to look at how we best return to diving. Each country in the UK has its own path which you can view by visiting the government website :- https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus. With dive centres...
AGM 2021
Due to the on-going situation in respect of the Covid-19 pandemic, it would be against government guidance for us to hold the AGM planned for Saturday 10th April 2021. We have therefore rescheduled the meeting to Saturday 22nd May 2021. This will be a "virtual"...
UKDMC MEDICAL FORM
As a result of a number of enquiries recently re the revised UKDMC Medical Form, please find below guidance notes re the completion of the form The UKDMC medical form is now in three parts. When completing the form the following should be observed: 1] Everyone...
Getting Fit for Diving
During lockdown, physical fitness for diving may have declined and we can all benefit from building up fitness and stamina prior to returning to the water after a break. The best physical preparation for an activity such as diving is to actually go diving or at least...
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