Category
page 1Underwater diving safety equipment
glow stick
self-contained, short-term light-source
trimix
mixture
dive computer
underwater instrument to record dive depth over time profile and to calculate decompression obligations in real time, typically carried on a diver's wrist
diving buoyancy compensator
diving equipment for controlling buoyancy by volume adjustment
depth gauge
gauge that indicates the depth underwater, primarily used by divers and on submarines
diving watch
watch designed for underwater diving
pressure measurement
technique to measure pressure
heliox
Heliox is a breathing gas mixture of helium (He) and oxygen (O2). It is used as a medical treatment for patients with difficulty breathing because this mixture generates less resistance than atmospheric air when passing through the airways of the lungs, and thus requires less effort by a patient to breathe in and out of the lungs. It is also used as a breathing gas for deep ambient pressure diving as it is not narcotic at high pressure, and for its low work of breathing.
hydrox
breathing gas mixture experimentally used for very deep diving
Diver communications
methods used by underwater divers to communicate
diver down flag
Flag signal indicating divers are in the water nearby
surface marker buoy
buoy used by scuba divers to indicate the diver's position to their surface safety boat
Electro-galvanic oxygen sensor
device which produces a voltage by a chemical reaction with oxygen proportional to partial pressure