As prudent divers, we have responsibilities to our loved ones and ourselves.
1. You must accept personal responsibility for your actions and carefully manage your own risk assessment.
2. You must dive within the limits of your training and experience.
3. You must be aware that complacency creeps in to the practices of experienced divers and should be vigilant with check lists and pre- and post-dive safety procedures.
4. Recognizing that rebreather diving requires alertness, you should carefully assess dive conditions and your own physical and mental preparedness prior to every dive.
5. You must be familiar with your equipment and safe operating procedures and recognize the need for well-practiced and current skills.
6. You should recognize your part in an evolving sport, by keeping current with developments and emerging knowledge within the industry.
7. You should personally analyze your own gas as well as personally prepare your own rebreather, recognizing your responsibility for its safe operation.
8. You should carry adequate bailout gas to allow you to recover from a catastrophic loop failure.
9. You should maintain adequate health and specialty diving accident insurance, such as DAN Insurance.
10. You should share your motivations for rebreather diving with your family and have frank discussions about risk versus rewards, allowing them to participate in sensible family planning.
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