Medical examination of the sport scuba diver.
Prior to training, all scuba diving candidates must successfully complete a medical examination to determine their medical, physical, and psychological fitness for survival in a subaquatic environment. This article reviews the peculiarities of the diving medical examination and the reasons for them, suggests absolute, relative, and temporary disqualifications from diving, and outlines a sport diving questionnaire and medical examination.
D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000209:etiology; D004242:Diving; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011247:Pregnancy; D013178:Sports Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000150:complications; D014717:Vertigo / Q000150:complications