Diving Safety Center Services

Medical screening

We provide medical screening to ensure that you are able to take the diving environment.

A proper medical screening is important not only because is it required by many dive companies, when you dive you are subject to a demanding and unique environment.

Having a medical examination should also be done by a trained and experienced diving doctor as the medical issues involved with pressure changes are not normally practiced and taught at a general practice level.

A proper diving medical is more then having a doctor endorse your medical checklist. You are short changing yourself. A dive medical can

  • Ensure that you are able to dive enjoyably and dive safely with a peace of mind that you can take the pressure of an underwater environment
  • Reduces your liability in the event of an diving accident claim from a insurance company
  • Helps to ensure that special attention is being paid to you by the dive instructor in certain cases
  • Reduces the liability of the instructor as they are ultimately responsible for our safety
  • Provide valuable advice you on your fitness to dive , how long , how deep , how much if you have past or current diseases or is on any medications ?

What is involved in screening

  1. Certification and sign off on the dive clearance medical form
  2. Dive screening
  3. Lung function test
  4. Hypersensitivity testing (when required)
  5. Pressurization test / dive simulation (optional)
  6. Other test under one roof (when required)
  7. Chest X-ray
  8. Audiogram
  9. ECG

You can also combine it with a health screening package at a very competitive price as a value added service to you.

The underwater environment

A person who is physically fit may not be necessary fit to dive. The underwater environment is stressful to the cardiovascular and respiratory system

  • As the depth increase, the air that is breath gets denser. More effort is needed to breathe in and out. The heart would also need to work harder by pumping at a greater strength than what it is normally used to.
  • The dense cool air under pressure can also cause problems to the sinuses and to the lungs especially those that have a history of asthma ( even childhood asthma ) or rhinitis ( running nose ). Some of these problems can be life threatening e.g.

Pulmonary barotrauma
Cerebral air gas embolism
Sinus barotrauma
Aural barotrauma

  • The underwater environment presents the diver with a weightless environment, up and down can be difficult to discern, sounds and vision are distorted, added to this is the disorientating effects of nitrogen narcosis.
  • As such the underwater environment can be disorientating particularly at night. And to someone who is anxious, it can be particularly worrisome.
  • A proper medical screening and education is able to allay the fears of the new diver and increase his enjoyment and appreciation of diving and make him want to come back for more!!!

Training

We provide training for divers and diver instructors on topics such as

  • Dangerous marine animals
  • Diving first aid
  • Oxygen first aid

Diving Medical Doctor Service (DMEDS)

DMEDS is designed to give you an absolute peace of mind, anytime m anywhere just pick up the phone and call us. A diving doctor will be there to provide advice on what to do when you are feeling unwell. He would be able to answer questions like;

  • I am not feeling well, can I dive today
  • What should I do? I feel unwell?
  • I have some joint pains, Is it DCS?
  • I have a headache, what is the cause?
  • I am on medications? Can I dive?
  • I have been stung by a sea creature, I feel unwell now what shall I do?

If you had your medical history with us when you came for medical screening, the response is even better as we would have your medical background with us!!

DMEDS will also assist with your return should you require recompression therapy, advice and consult wit the local doctor that may be seeing you to ensure that you can get the best local care before coming back to a center of excellence in Singapore.

DSC partnership program

Be our partner. By joining us as associate partners and promoting dive safety together, whole hosts of benefits await you as well as your divers. These benefits include:

  • 24 hours on site and on call medical support
  • Medical screening
  • Recompression treatment
  • Post dive oxygen soaks
  • Training
  • Information package
  • Increasing your safety profile and awareness