ABSTRACT
PART A: THE 'PROS'-Edge and Bryson
INTRODUCTION
The current recommendation of the large majority of diving medicine physicians is to disqualify any individual with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) from participating in sport diving.1 This opinion is echoed and expanded to include people with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) by the current Recreational Scuba Training Council (RSTC) medical form (Revision 7/90), used
by the largest sport diver training agency. In the section 'Guidelines for recreational scuba diver's physical examination', the form states that sport diving is absolutely contraindicated in 'diabetics on insulin therapy or oral anti-hypoglycaemia medications'.
