Recommended Reading
- Helium – a short list of advantages and disadvantages – Jonas Samuelsson
- Briefly about inert gases and why helium is our gas of choice when diving deeper – Jonas Samuelsson
- Oxygen Toxicity and how to deal with the beast – Jonas Samuelsson and Aron Daniel Arngrimsson
- What does technical diving mean for you? – Jonas Samuelsson
- Optimal Mixed Gas Chart – Erik Brown
- Article in the online diving magazine The Equalizer about Technical Rescue – Erik Brown
- Important Information to consider when Tech Diving – Erik Brown
- Bluehole Hole – The worlds most famous dive site, but for what reason? – Erik Brown
- Tips and Hints for deep photography – Aron Arngrimsson
- Important Tec Formulas
- Narcosis effects of Nitrogen, Helium and Hydrogen – Rostain, LaVoute, Risso, Vallée, Weiss
- OXTOX: Dangers of oxygen toxicity when using nitrox as a breathing gas – DAN
- Oxygen Tolerance – Pulmonary Exposure – Hamilton
- Oxygen window effect – Behnke (1967)
- Decompression in diving with gas mixtures – Riba
- Underwater Communications (PADI DSC Course) – OceanReef
- Underwater Communication Training Course – OceanReef
- Transmission/Reception Table – OceanReef
Tec40-45-50
Before you start your ‘TecRec40-45-50’ or the complete ‘package in one’ called ‘Tec Deep’ you need to buy a copy of the TecRec Deep Manual. We can send it to you or you can get it by contacting your nearest PADI Office and they will send you the book. Answer all the knowledge reviews in the TecRec Deep manual and also download the handouts and knowledge reviews below and answer all the questions.
Handouts:
Knowledge Reviews:
Trimix Course
If you are taking the Tec Rec Trimix Course please ensure you have:
- A version of the V-Planner
- A copy of the Tec Rec Trimix Book through Team Blue Immersion or your closest PADI Office
- Answered the four Knowledge Reviews in the Trimix Manual before starting the course
- Read any materials posted here on “Useful Tips for Tech Diver”
Course Outlines written by members of Team Blue Immersion
Hollis Prism II
- Hollis PRISM II Owners manual download
- TDI, IANTD, ANDI – Analyzing Rebrether trends
- Hollis BOV (Bail Out Valve) Owners Manual Download PDF
Appendix
- Medical Statement
- TecRec Liability Release
- TecRec40 Instructor Application
- TecRec Logbook Page
- Training Record TecRec Deep
- Training Record Trimix Diver
- TecRec Deep Instructor Application
- Trimix Instructor Application
- PADI Technical Sidemount Instructor Application
- Specialty Change Request Form 082DT
- PADI Sidemount Diver Knowledge Review 2012
- Statement of Understanding
- Training Record TecRec Deep
- Training Record Trimix Diver
- Rebreather Instructor Application
- Tec40 CCR Instructor Application
For any other programs within PADI TecRec or TDI please contact us and we will send you materials for study prior to the start of your course.