I have had the pleasure of working at the ‘Diving Diseases Research Centre’ for more
than 9 years.
One of the things that I have been involved in numerous times over that period is staffing the stand at the national dive shows. DDRC’s introduction to the world reads ‘DDRC – Is a charity providing support and education for divers and research into the effects of altered pressure environments on humans. It is one of the UK’s busiest recompression facility, and has seen over fifty diving casualties in the past 12 months. DDRC is able to offer internationally recognised training from diving first aid and oxygen administration to hyperbaric medicine and recompression chamber operation. We will have a team (including me) of helpful and informative staff onsite at the dive show to answer any questions you may have about training, research or the work we do.’
On the day we will have some interesting bits of research for you to get involved in. Graham Samson will be introducing some of his research, which is going towards a PhD.
I’ll be asking people to judge wither they think a number of factors might cause decompression illness. It is a simple card sorting task with no hard and fast right or wrong responses just subjective judgements. If you have the chance to visit us at the NEC that would be great. If you can’t make it then I know all the researchers at DDRC would love your input, and I know I would appreciate you completing my online survey.
See you on the 1st or 2nd of November at the NEC
or please complete my online survey!
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