by Vero Punkfish | 05.08.2025 | Dive Pro, Diving Best Practice, Uncategorized
First Aid for DCS Why Oxygen is so Important “I don’t need oxygen, it just went away on its own last time.”Someone said this to me a while ago, who at the time was showing slight circulatory problems and pronounced marbling of the skin. And he is not...
by Vero Punkfish | 02.05.2025 | Dive Pro
Scientific texts – only for academics? “There’s supposed to be a study that proves that…” – this is how sentences sometimes begin among divers, with which a rather crude assertion is to be presented as correct and scientifically...
by Vero Punkfish | 15.04.2025 | Dive Pro, Diving Best Practice
Floating or kneeling? – Why I prefer to let my diving students take off early The question of whether diving students should kneel or float at the beginning is a constant source of debate – and not just among instructors. Over the years, I have seen many approaches,...
by Vero Punkfish | 02.03.2025 | Dive Pro, Diving Best Practice
The sun is hot, you’re all worked up – fiddling with each other again? Better not.But you should still do a buddy check. Buddy check when diving – essential, not just theory The buddy check, or more generally: the safety check in the team before the dive, is actually...
