Table 4 Recommended times away from diving
From: Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine as a Branch of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
DCI type | Minimum time | |
|---|---|---|
Simple DCI (limb pain, skin “bend”, lymphatic swelling, headache, fatigue etc.) | Uncomplicated recovery | 24 hours |
Recurrence/relapse | 7 days | |
Altered sensation in limbs only | 7 days | |
Neurological DCI | Other (audiovestibular, motor, pulmonary etc.) | 28 days |