List of Abbreviations (diving)
This list of abbreviations for terms used in diving contains abbreviations that are common in diving . Many come from English or French and have also established themselves in the German-speaking area.
For the abbreviations of diving organizations see the list of diving organizations there .
| abbreviation | Written out | Meaning or explanation |
|---|---|---|
| AAS | English: Alternative Air Source | Alternative air source; z. B. an octopus . |
| ABC | (no abbreviation) | The ABC equipment or basic diving equipment consisting of a diving mask , a snorkel and diving fins . |
| ABLJ | English: Adjustable Buoyacy Life Jacket | The original version of the buoyancy compensator . |
| ADV | English: Adjustable Divers Vest | A certain type of buoyancy compensator . |
| AGE | English: Arterial Gas Embolism | An arterial embolism . |
| AI | English: Assistant Instructor | A dive training and Certification Fees from PADI or NAUI . |
| AMV | Breath minute volume | The volume of air breathed in a given time in L / min . |
| AOWD | English: Advanced Open Water Diver | A dive training and Certification Fees from PADI or SSI . |
| AP | English: Absolute Pressure | absolute pressure |
| AR | Regulator | Part of the diving equipment |
| ATL | Assistant diving instructor | A diving training and certification from CMAS . |
| BC | English: Buoyancy Compensator | the buoyancy compensator |
| BT | English: Bottom Time | Bottom time |
| BCD | English: Buoyancy Control Device | Buoyancy compensator |
| CAGE | Cerebral arterial gas embolism | An arterial embolism in the brain . |
| CCCR | English: Chemically Closed Circuit Rebreather | A chemically controlled completely closed rebreather . |
| CCR | English: Closed Circuit Rebreather | a closed circuit diving device |
| CD | English: Course Director | A dive training and Certification Fees of CMAS or PADI . |
| CESA | English: Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent | a controlled emergency ascent |
| CNS | Central nervous system | |
| CO | ( Chemical formula ) | Carbon monoxide , a component of the air |
| CO 2 | ( Chemical formula ) | Carbon dioxide , a component of the air |
| CPR | English: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| DAN | English: Divers Alert Network | An international organization that deals with diving medicine and diving safety. |
| DCI | English: Decompression Illness | the decompression sickness |
| DCS | English: Decompression Sickness | the decompression sickness |
| DDC | English: Deck Decompression Chamber | A decompression chamber |
| DIN | German institute for standardization | In diver's language, it means the compressed air cylinder connection standardized according to DIN EN 144-2 / 3 and ISO 12209-2 . |
| DM | English: Divemaster | A dive training and Certification Fees of PADI , SSI or NAUI . |
| DNF | English: do not fly | Time during which the diver should not ascend higher than 400 m above the dive site after a dive . |
| DPV | English: Dive Propulsion Vehicle | a diving scooter |
| DSMB | English: Delayed Surface Marker Buoy | An open signal buoy . |
| DT | English: Dive Table | Decompression table |
| DTG | Compressed air diving device | The diving equipment that most divers use. |
| DTSA | German diving badge | An award from the VDST . |
| EAD | English: Equivalent Air Depth | the equivalent air depth when diving with nitrox |
| EAN | English: Enriched Air Nitrox | a term for Nitrox |
| EANx | English: Enriched Air Nitrox | a term for Nitrox |
| EAP | English: Equivalent Air Pressure | the equivalent absolute pressure when diving with nitrox |
| EBS | English: Emergency Breathing System | Emergency air source; z. B. an octopus . |
| ECCR | English: Electronic Complet Closed Rebreather | Electronically controlled fully closed rebreather . |
| EFR | English: Emergency First Response | First aid course with cardiopulmonary resuscitation , at PADI a prerequisite for certification from Rescue Diver . |
| END | English: Equivalent Narcotic Depth | Depth from which Trimix , Heliox or Hydreliox have a narcotic effect. |
| FFM | English: Full Face Mask | the full face mask, see full face mask |
| GTÜM | Society for diving and hyperbaric medicine | Non-profit association active in the field of diving medicine . |
| HD | High pressure | Diving equipment for 200 or 300 bar tank pressure, see also HP |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | (CPR) |
| HP | English: High Pressure | High pressure outlet on the first stage of a regulator , see also HD |
| HPNS | English: High Pressure Nervous Syndrome | |
| HSA | English: Handicap Scuba Association | an organization for handicapped diving |
| IAC | English: International Aquanautic Club | An international diving association based in Germany (Essen) |
| IAHD | English: International Association for Handicapped Divers | An organization for handicapped diving |
| IDC | English: Instructor Development Course | A diving instructor training from PADI . |
| IE | English: Instructor Examination | The PADI Instructor Exam . |
| INT | (Meaning unclear) | Designates the compressed air cylinder connection standardized in accordance with ISO 12209-3 . |
| IP | English: Intermediate Pressure | The mean pressure of a regulator . |
| IT | English: Instructor Trainer | A diving instructor training and certification from PADI or NAUI . |
| ITC | English: Instructor Training Course | A diving instructor training from SSI . |
| LP | English: Low Pressure | The mean pressure of a regulator . |
| MD | Medium pressure | The mean pressure of a regulator . |
| MD | English: Master Diver | A dive training and Certification Fees from SSI . |
| MDT | English: Maximum Dive Time | The maximum dive time in one dive . |
| MGR | English: Mixed Gas Rebreather | A rebreather for breathing gas mixtures. |
| MI | English: Master Instructor | A diving instructor training from PADI and SSI certification . |
| MOD | English: Maximum Operating Depth | the maximum diving depth when diving with nitrox |
| MONK | Team orientation according to the map | Orientation diving with an underwater map . |
| MOP | English: Maximum Operating Pressure | the maximum ambient pressure when diving with nitrox |
| MSD | English: Master Scuba Diver | A dive training and Certification Fees from PADI and NAUI .. |
| MSDT | English: Master Scuba Diver Trainer | A diving instructor training from PADI certification . |
| N 2 | ( Chemical formula ) | Nitrogen , the main constituent of air . |
| NDL | English: No Decompression Limit | the no-stop time |
| Nitrox | Portmanteau: Nitr ogen and Ox yGen | Air enriched with oxygen . |
| NOAA | English: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | A United States agency that conducts research in the field of diving medicine , among other things , and published some standards that are important for divers. |
| NTG | Night dive | Diving at night . |
| NZG | No Deco Limit | Exceeding the no-decompression limit . |
| OTU | English: Oxygen Toxicity Unit or Oxygen Tolerance Unit | The oxygen tolerance of the lungs at which oxygen toxicosis threatens. |
| OWD | English: Open Water Diver | A dive training and Certification Fees from PADI or SSI . |
| OWSI | English: Open Water Scuba Instructor | A diving instructors training of Certification Fees from PADI . |
| O 2 | ( Chemical formula ) | Oxygen , a component of air . |
| PG | English: Pressure Groupe | Used to calculate repetitive dives with decompression tables . |
| PP | English: Partial Pressure | the partial pressure |
| pCO 2 | (Formula) | Carbon dioxide - partial pressure |
| pN 2 max | (Formula) | maximum allowable nitrogen - partial pressure |
| pO 2 max | (Formula) | maximum permissible oxygen - partial pressure |
| pO 2 min | (Formula) | minimum permissible oxygen - partial pressure |
| ppO 2 | English: Partial Pressure and a Formula | the partial pressure of oxygen |
| PTG | Compressed air diving device | Compressed air diving device |
| RBT | English: Remaining Bottom Time | Dive time remaining to allow a safe ascent; sometimes referred to as residual air . |
| RD | English: Rescue Diver | A dive training and Certification Fees from PADI . |
| RDP | English: Recreational Dive Planner | No-stop table for recreational divers . |
| RGBM | English: Reduced Gradient Bubble Model | A mathematical model to calculate the nitrogen release of tissues during a dive. |
| RIB | English: Respiratory Minute Volume | The volume of air breathed in a certain time in l / min . |
| RSTC | English: Recreational Scuba Training Council | A regional or national standardization committee for diving training or an association of sport diving training associations |
| SAC | English: Surface Air Consumption | The volume of air breathed in a certain time in l / min. |
| SCR | English: Semi Closed Rebreather | Semi- closed rebreather device |
| SCUBA | English: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus | Compressed air diving device |
| SDC | English: Submersible Decompression Chamber | Pressure chamber that can be operated under water |
| SI | English: Surface Interval | Surface interval before a repetitive dive . |
| SMB | English: Surface Marker Buoy | Signal buoy |
| TBT | English: Total Bottom Time | the total bottom time of a diver or an item of equipment . |
| TDT | English: Total Dive Time | the total dive time of a diver or an item of equipment . |
| Tec | English: Technical Diving | Technical diving |
| TG | Dive | Staying under water. |
| TL | Diving instructor | train other divers |
| Trimix | Made-up word: Tri = three, Mix = mixture | A breathing gas mixture of oxygen , nitrogen and helium . |
| TUP | English: Time Under Pressure | The time from going down to going up on a dive . |
| UW | Underwater | Mostly used as an addition to other terms, e.g. B. UW photography . |
| VGE | English: Venous Gas Embolism | An arterial embolism . |
| VGM | Full face mask | A special form of diving mask , see full face mask |
| WOB | English: Work Of Breath | The energy required to breathe a certain amount of gas. |
| WRSTC | English: World Recreational Scuba Training Council | An international standardization body for diving training or an association of sport diving training associations |
| ÜL | Trainer | Assistant to a diving instructor |
| CNS | Central nervous system | Oxygen becomes toxic with increasing pressure and can lead to life-threatening poisoning in the central nervous system. |