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If a marine life worker is injured how is it handled?

I am a 24-year-old male thinking about becoming a professional diver. I am worried about the potential for danger. If a marine life worker is injured how is it handled?

1 Answer

Professional diving is well recognized for its potential for accident and injury. Professional divers and their employers carry very expensive insurance plans. As part of their dive planning, professional divers should have a medical, rescue, and evacuation plan in place for their operations. Larger commercial diving operations will have a diving medical official and access to a hyperbaric chamber on site.