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281 INDEX INDEX C Cabin cruisers, boat diving and ..................................260-261 Capillary gauge ..................................................... 17-18, 175 Carbon dioxide ............................................................69-70 Carbon monoxide ........................................69-70, 106, 114 Carboxyhemoglobin ................................................114, 115 Ceiling, dive computers and .......................................21, 22 Celsius temperature scale .................................................74 Central nervous system oxygen toxicity .........................116 Cubic feet per mintute (CFM) ..........................................28 Chambers, hyperbaric .............................................163-165 Charts, use of, in navigation...................................196, 201 Chokes ......................................................................118, 145 Cigarette smoking ...........................................................141 Ciguatera fish poisoning ...................................................52 Circulation ...............................................................109, 111 respiration and ..........................................................111 Circulatory distress cardiac arrest and, ............................................130, 187 carotid sinus reflex and ............................................120 cramps and ................................................................119 heart attack and ........................................................122 Closed-circuit scuba ...........................................................4 Cnidarians ...................................................................54, 56 Cocaine ........................................................... 133, 140, 142 Collapsing breakers ...........................................................38 Communications, diving and .........................................230 Compartments half-time of, Haldane ratio and, ..............................152 Compass ...........................................................................194 Compass board ................................................................196 Compass deviation ..........................................................199 Compressors ..............................................................28, 165 air .................................................................................28 Computer, dive ..........................................................21, 162 Conduction, heat loss and ..............................................100 Conservation ................................................................60-63 Contaminants ..............................................................61, 85 Convection, heat loss and ...............................................100 Coral reef ...............................................................47, 49, 55 Corals .....................................................................48, 50, 54 Coriolis force, wind currents and ....................................44 Cramps .............................................................................119 heat .............................................................................132 Crocodiles ..........................................................................60 Crown of Thorns ...............................................................56 Current .........................................................................41-45 longshore .....................................................................42 rip .................................................................................43 river ..............................................................................45 tidal ..............................................................................41 wind ..............................................................................44 Current line, boat diving and .........................................262 Cylinders ..............................................................4, 237, 251 care of ............................................................................7 inspection of ..................................................................7 markings on ...............................................................4, 6 overfilling ...................................................................5, 6 specifications for............................................................5 working pressure of .............................................6, 8, 10 D DAN ......................................................... 166, 188, 241, 242 Day shapes ...............................................................265, 267 Decompression ..............................21, 70, 118, 130, 145, 152 aids to .........................................................................163 and recompression ............................................163, 166 dive tables and ...........................................................157 omitted ...............................................................160, 242 Theories......................................................................152 Decompression sickness (DCS) ..............................118, 145 decompression stop in ............................. 174, 239, 242 Decompression Table Workbook ...................................156 Deep diving......................................................................234 Deep-drafted vessels .......................................................265 Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM) ...............................157 Dehydration .............................................................135, 138 Density .........................................................................75-80 Department of Transportation .....................................4, 93 Dependent emergency ascents ...............................180, 182 Depth gauges .....................................................................17


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