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1 Diving at Reduced Risk with Aladin
®
Air Z O
2
IV Uwatec
®
Aladin
®
Air Z O
2
1.1 Diving at reduced risk
Aladin
®
Air Z O2 recognizes and reacts “intelligently“ to certain risk situations. Of course, it is much bet-
ter that each individual diver avoid these higher risk situations altogether. Yet if a decompression accident
does occur, the optional MemoMouse and DataTrak software allows the analysis of the dive profile and
certain risk parameters to provide for more complete information for treatment purposes.
Analysis of the most recent results of decompression research and statistical analysis of diving accidents
involving decompression sickness supports the following guidelines for diving with a reduced risk of
decompression sickness.
The following suggestions are highly recommended:
Neither the Aladin
®
Air Z O2 nor any other diving computer or decompression
table can guarantee that decompression sickness will not occur even if the
computer or table is used correctly and all of the following precautions are
followed.
1.2 Diving at reduced risk for the first dive
– Always make your first dive the deepest dive of the day.
– Always make the deepest descent of each given dive on a particular day at the beginning of that dive.
– In accordance with the recommended maximum diving limit of all instructional agencies, do not dive
deeper than 130 feet.
– Do not use the Aladin
®
Air Z O2
for planned decompression diving. The decompression algorithm con-
tained in the Aladin
®
Air Z O2 should be used only for emergency or unintended decompression.
– Avoid repeated ascents and descents (yo-yo diving).
– Plan the dives shorter if they are made in cold water.
– Avoid repeated heavy workload whilst at depth.
– Ensure that you have enough Gas for the Ascent. Do not use the RBT to the limit if prolonged ascents
or an increased rate of breathing (currents…) are expected.
– If the ascent is made in a current, do not use up the RBT to the end.
– Plan the dives shorter if they are made in cold water.
– After finishing the decompression or at the end of a no-stop dive, the final stage of the ascent should
be as slow as possible.
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