Diving

Diving Support from DDRC Healthcare

Supporting the recreational and commercial diving community is paramount to us. Our primary aim is to provide advice to anyone during a diving emergency or who thinks that they may have decompression illness (DCI) following a dive. Our Diving Doctors can offer advice, assessment or treatment in our hyperbaric chambers, as necessary.

We also answer many inquiries about diver health, carry out diver medicals, deliver Diver Medic and diver safety courses and information days. Our 'Diver Health' research and education programmes are a key element of our charitable work.

24/7 Emergency Advice & Treatment: Our DDRC Diver Emergency Helpline is manned 24/7 every day of the year by our Diving Physicians for diving emergency advice and support.

Fitness to Dive Queries: Do you have a question about your fitness to go diving? Read our advice in the 'Fitness to dive' section or book a telephone consultation with one of our experienced Diving Physicians (this service is subsidised by the charity DDRC Healthcare and is not paid for by the NHS.)

Diver Information Days:

Professional Dive Boat Skipper Day: FREE day for skippers and crew on managing a diving incident including case studies and diving physicians' lectures. Speakers include RNLI & Newquay HM Coastguard Search & Rescue (Bristow).

Dive Accident Responder Course (DARC) includes: DCI recognition; Basic Life Support O2 & AED; Lectures from RNLI/HM Coastguard SAR; 40m Pot Dive.

Diver Education: Downloads for Dive Clubs: Our ‘Health of Divers’ Research programme has been running for a quite a few years now and you can download papers; Powerpoint presentations and leaflets for your club available here.

Diving Community Support: We appreciate all the support that we receive from divers, diving organisations and dive clubs. Follow, like and share us on social media @DDRCPlymouth.

Testimonials, Feedback, Recommendations: Please share your experiences with us via our Feedback section