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Evaluation by an ear, nose and
throat specialist (ENT) is a good
idea when ear pain occurs after
diving. The ENT doesn’t need to be
trained in dive medicine, either;
any ENT will know how to help.
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the wreck of the Antilla, and I was hooked. I went back every day that week. After
my fourth dive, the instructor asked me if I would like to get certified. Having
grown up on the films of Jacques Cousteau, I jumped at the chance. Over the next
three weeks I dived every day, worked my way through the course materials and
passed the written and practical tests. By the time I returned to New York, I was a
certified open-water diver.
Opportunities to dive were few in the following years. I dived four times over the
course of a short Caribbean vacation in 1992. They were all relatively shallow dives (45
feet or less). I buddied up with the divemaster on each of them, and I felt comfortable
in the water after a few reminders. With nearly 10 dives since my certification I
thought of myself as a diver. After all, I knew how to dive.
Meets the new 2010
ILCOR (AHA) Guidelines
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