Diving Medical Advisory Council

Diving Medical Advisory Council
AbbreviationDMAC
FormationNovember 11, 1975 (1975-11-11)[1]
Legal statusactive
PurposeImproving the medical support of professional diving
Chairman
Dr Olav Sande Eftedal
Websitedmac-diving.org

The Diving Medical Advisory Council (DMAC) is an independent organisation of diving medical specialists, mostly from across Northern Europe which exists to provide expert advice about medical and some safety aspects of commercial diving. The advice is published in the form of guidance documents, which are made available for download.[2][3]

The committee has also issued position statements on the following subjects:[2]

  • Commercial Diving and Health (October 2006)
  • Health Surveillance of Commercial Divers (April 2008)
  • Exercise Testing in Medical Assessment of Commercial Divers (October 2009)
  • Requirement for Air Diving to 50 msw in Commercial Diver Training (March 2013)
  • Deep Saturation Diving (April 2013)
  • Education and Training in Diving Medicine (November 2014)
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