Diver Error Highlights the Lethality within the System
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Debriefing allows lessons to be learned—successes and failures. Photo by Gareth Lock.
Diving is not without risk—there is always a chance of death. There is always a latent or potential lethality within the “system”—where system is defined as the equipment, people and the physical, social or cultural environment. We cannot make diving 100 percent safe despite what anyone tells you. We can make things safer, but we cannot make diving safe.
Bracenet Ghost Fishing charity bracelet
Currently, there is a trend to buy and wear a bracelet to help support the environment and the ocean. For many of us, this is quite a contentious topic because there is one company in particular that is allegedly *greenwashing.
London Diving Chamber to close
Just over a year ago, on Monday 15th January 2018, NHS England launched a 30 day public consultation to review Hyperbaric Oxygen Services.