| I trained and dived on DCIEM tables for 7 years when commercial diving. They are great, however these standard air tables are not designed for decompression diving, they give you conservative bottom times for non-deco dives. The SSI tables are more conservative again and are easier to follow. Plan no-deco dives based around your table and stick to your planned bottom time. Use digital displays to monitor your depth and time accurately and most importanly monitor your ascent rates. The harder the dive, the slower the ascent. Make sure you give yourself a safety stop on every dive as well. I would also be restricting dives to less than 12m if there is an added risk of DCI, maybe not diving at all if the risk is high. As we know, following a table doesn't eliminate the risk of DCI, and some risks are just too great.
MD |