This is the ultimate guide to help you understand and prevent diving accidents, based on 20 true-life reports. "Diver Down" reveals how scuba diving accidents leading to severe injury or death usually result from a chain of events that can and should be prevented before a tragedy occurs. Recognized diving safety expert Mike Ange provides postmortems of 20 true-life scuba diving accidents and details the links in each chain of events that caused the tragedy. This uniquely formatted learning tool features an eye-opening introduction to diver safety and includes safety sidebars throughout.

Table of Contents

Special Topics Contents Preface: Dive Safety and This Book Acknowledgments Introduction: Scuba 101 The "Rescuer" The Sailors' Cold and Lonely Night Dying for Maintenance A Killer Wreck Dive Good Intentions The Public Safety Diver The Inexperienced Professional and an Ego The "Trust-Me" Dive Killer Arrogance A Killer Shortcut Hazards to Navigation A Simple Commercial Dive The Dive Plan Failure: Narcosis Is for Everyone A Snug-Fitting Suit The Little Details That Get You The Expedient Gear Technician Practicing What You Preach The Folly of Youth You Can't Buy Common Sense The "Top Guns" About the Author Index

About the Author

Michael R.Ange is a senior member of the Technical Training Staff for Scuba Diving International & Technical Diving International and contributing writer and technical editor for SCUBA Diving magazine. He has trained 2,000 divers and hundreds of instructors and has written five textbooks on diving.