Recreational Dive Medicals

The Australian Dive Medical assesses the fitness and suitability of prospective scuba divers and ensures that the medical standards for diver fitness meet the standards of Australian Standards AS 4005.1 for recreational divers. The Dive Medical focuses principally on cardiac, pulmonary and neurological conditions, and    general health issues, that may put a diver at increased risk for decompression sickness, pulmonary overinflation syndrome with subsequent arterial gas embolization, and other conditions such as loss of consciousness, which could lead to drowning