Owner's Manual blood pressure monitor

Section 2: Diving with the Monitor 3 Air

Wait-to-fly Time

Wait-to-fly time is the minimum amount of time you

should wait before flying in a commercial airliner. Wait-to-

fly time is displayed in hours and is denoted by the no-fly

symbol immediately above it.

WARNING: Flying while the Monitor 3 Air is still

displaying wait-to-fly time may lead to serious

injury or death from decompression sickness.

Wait-to-fly

time display

Wait-to-fly Recommendations

The Divers Alert Network (DAN) has made the following

recommendations regarding wait-to-fly time:

1. A minimum surface interval of 12 hours would be

required in order to be reasonably assured a diver will

remain symptom free upon ascent to altitude in a

commercial jetliner (altitude up to 8000 ft/2400 m).

2. Divers who plan to make daily, multiple dives for

several days, or make dives that require decompres-

sion stops should take special precautions and wait

for an extended surface interval beyond 12 hours

before flight.

Both the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society

(UHMS) and DAN agree that:

"There can never be a flying after diving rule that is

guaranteed to prevent decompression sickness completely.

Rather, there can be a guideline that represents the best

estimate for a conservative surface interval for the vast

majority of divers. There will always be an occasional diver

whose physiological makeup or special diving circum-

stances will result in the bends."

U.S. Divers recommends that you follow either the DAN

recommendation, or the wait-to-fly time shown by the

Monitor 3 Air, which ever is longer.