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Dennis Graver's 100 Best Scuba Quizzes
By Dennis Graver
224 pages,
8-1/2x11 inches, paperback
B&W photos
ISBN 1-881652-12-2
Price: $14.95
Long a feature of Skin Diver, Scuba Quiz has provided challenges for divers to refresh and expand their knowledge of diving and related topics for over 20 years. This compilation of the 100 best questions and answers has been updated to include the latest medical, technological and training advances in diving. To make it easy for divers to improve their knowledge in specific areas, the book is divided into sections which include: equipment, environment, decompression/recompression, physics, physiology, diving activities, safety, and emergencies. The questions and answers are presented in a clear, straightforward manner and each answer includes a detailed explanation. This volume contains a wealth of information not found in scuba texts. This is a great book to challenge all divers regardless of their certification level!
Some of the Topics Covered
- Diving Equipment
- Diving Environment
- Decompression & Recompression
- Diving Physics
- Diving Physiology
- Diving Activities
- Diving Safety
- Diving Skills
- Diving Emergencies
- U.S. Navy Dive Tables
Publisher's Note
This is an updated compilation of the author's Scuba Quizzes which has ran in Skin Diver magazine for 20 years.
About the Author
Dennis Graver qualified as a scuba instructor in 1968. He began working as a full-time professional diving educator in 1972. Dennis is the former training director for both NAUI and PADI. His achievements include designing the PADI Modular Scuba Course and original dive tables, introducing multi-level diving to recreational divers, developing the Pocket Mask aquatic rescue breathing technique, and designing the NAUI Dive Time Calculator. Dennis is a Diving Medical Technician, an Emergency Medical Technician, and has current Instructor Trainer ratings for First Aid, Oxygen First Aid, and Scuba. He is a member of NAUI, PADI, the Handicapped Scuba Association, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, the Diver's Alert Network, and the Underwater Society of America. He is an active volunteer Firefighter/EMT, station Medical Officer, and District CPR Training Coordinator for his local fire district. With over a quarter century of experience as an award-winning educator and author, Dennis Graver is uniquely qualifed to present this compilation of 20 years of scuba quizzes.
Reviews
"...one of the top training and refresher tools available today. It is an absolute must have for the sport diver and the diving professional."-Wayne R. Quarberg, Training Director, Multinational Diving Educators Assoc.
"The topics are relevant and challenging...not always found in the most common diving text books."-Tom Hemphill, NAUI Board of Directors, Instructor Trainer
"...an excellent resource for every diver."-Werner A. Lissauer, M.D., Chairman, Diving Committee, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
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