While working as a Dive Medic Technician I was called upon to administer Oxygen in both diving & non-diving incidents. Now I’m teaching Oxygen Administration as part of the SSI Respond Right Programs to recreational diver wishing to complete the SSI Diver Stress & Rescue Program or Professional candidates aiming for higher ground by completing [...]

This post comes to you from the very much unmentioned subject, The Science of Diving. Now before you run to the hills after the merest hint of the S-word, remember the friendly folks at GPS are here to sooth your fears & generally want to help…….a bit! Today we’re going to be chatting about our [...]

All good trilogies require three parts by definition, Star Wars for example (but only the first ones) & Abbrvs deserves ending as fine as Jedi. So after our previous delves into the world of diving Abbrvs & Abbrvs: Part Deux, this episode is Part Free, for Freediving. Freediving has its own set of unique abbreviations [...]

Every human being has the capacity for self-directed behaviour change within them, whether its change with their lifestyle or the choices made about Scuba training. Behaviours are influenced by both personal & environmental factors in everyday life, with determinates of social, physical, psychological & economic nature affecting our decision making every day, diving is no [...]

While maxing & relaxing with Go Pro SSI’s shiny new photographer Nick Shallcross, the conversation turned to our previous post “Abbrvs.” & the promise of more diving abbreviations. This post looks at the professional level Abbrvs. Dive Guide’s are the first level of professional trainees.  Abbrv’d to DG, their role in the diving industry is [...]

….Your Instructor Evaluation. In keeping with SSI’s “no surprises” philosophy alive, the first thing we cover during the Instructor Training Course (ITC) is what the requirements are during the course itself which upon completion, allow you to be submitted for the Instructor Evaluations or IE. Becoming a Scuba Instructor is slightly different to any of [...]

In the world of diving we love having our own little language; our acronyms & abbreviations, its makes us feels special. I have noticed myself using them without shame in some of my blog posts without really explaining them all, silly me! The acronym that get bandied about the most with non-dives & a shocking [...]