They should also be able to identify areas of high concentrations of pollutants that should be avoided. When diving in areas where pollution is suspected or expected the following issues are worthy of evaluation. The individual diver should consider the need for appropriate vaccinations and inoculations. Pollution and filth are often associated. If the water contains obvious trash and garbage it is quite probably an unhealthful diving environment and another location should be selected.
Many diseases have an incubation period before they exhibit symptoms.
Medical advice is as close as the phone and early diagnosis and treatment can sometimes be improved if the Doctor understands that an individual may.have been submerged in polluted water. This system is somewhat complex inasmuch as it requires complete system integrity from the times the diver dresses out until the system has been decontaminated following the dive. Strict procedures are followed to ensure that the divers body does not contact the fluid in which it is immersed. Previously, many public safety divers wore a single dry suit and a full face mask during their dives. In environments where the pollutants are not known, or where they lead to death or permanent disability, a helmet should be worn connected to a mating dry suit with mating dry gloves.