| Websites in Safety and Medicine |
- DAN Divers Alert Network
A nonprofit scuba diving and dive safety association providing expert medical advice for underwater injuries, emergency information, research, and products.
 http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/
- Dive Safety in Southeast Asia
A list of recompression chambers (hyperbaric chambers) in southeast Asia including Borneo and Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore.
http://www.starfish.ch/dive/Divesafety.html
- Dive-Training.com
Support service provider using web-based learning to teach new divers the classroom-based material required for SCUBA.
http://www.Dive-Training.com
- Diving Diseases Research Centre Plymouth UK
Providing hyperbaric chamber oxygen treatment facilities and medical training for divers, technicians, nurses and doctors.
http://www.ddrc.org/
- Diving Medicals
Dr. Kenneth Vickers a BSAC Dive Leader and General Practitioner gives an overview of some aspects of fitness to dive, contact details and some diving photographs.
http://www.divingmedicals.co.uk
- Hyperbaric Medicine Unit - Decompression Sickness
The unit's site provides information for SCUBA divers on decompression sickness, including first aid actions and contact information in the event of a diving emergency.
http://www.hyperchamber.com/decompression_illness/
- Medidive
Supplier of scuba diving equipment for asthma sufferers. Includes details of products, newsletter and contact information. Located in Brisbane, Australia.
http://www.medidive.net
- Panic underwater
Some information from a study about panic among divers, and related issues, by Dr. William Morgan, director of the Sport Psychology Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the principal author of the study.
http://whyfiles.org/sports/scuba/
- SCUBA Diving Safety Page
A SCUBA diving emergency rescue plan and information about some diving safety equipment.
http://media.vbs.vt.edu/SCUBA/safety/
- The British Hyperbaric Association
Provides details of current clinical practice and avenues of research under exploration. Includes list of member chambers with emergency telephone numbers for divers.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bha/
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