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Safety considerations
I UWATEC
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Aladin
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dive computers
• Avoid repeated ascents and descents (yo yo diving).
• Avoid repeated heavy workload while at depth.
• Plan the dives to be shorter if they are made in cold water.
• After finishing the decompression or at the end of a no-stop dive, the final stage of the ascent should
be as slow as possible.
• You MUST be familiar with all signs and symptoms of decompression sickness before using Aladin
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PRIME and Aladin
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TEC! Seek IMMEDIATE treatment for decompression sickness should any of these
signs or symptoms occur after a dive! There is a direct correlation between the effectiveness of treat-
ment and the delay between the onset of symptoms and the treatment for decompression sickness.
• Only dive with Nitrox after you have been thoroughly instructed by a recognised institution.
Repetitive dives
• Do not start your next dive before your CNS O
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% status has dropped below 40%.
• Diving with Nitrox: Make sure your surface interval is long enough (just like diving with compressed
air). Plan for a minimum surface interval of two hours. Oxygen, too, needs sufficient time to leave
the body.
• Match gas mixture to the intended dive.
• Do not attempt a repetitive dive if the microbubble warning is visible on the display.
• Plan a day without diving once a week.
• If you have to change computers, wait at least 48 hours before carrying out your next dive.
• Diving after a reset of the remaining saturation (reset ->41 or battery replacement ->45) may lead
you into
potentially
hazardous situations which could result in death or serious injury. After a reset of
the remaining saturation do not dive for at least 48 hours.
Altitude and diving
• Do not dive at altitudes higher than 4000m (13000 feet).
• After a dive do not rise to altitudes that Aladin
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PRIME or Aladin
®
TEC prohibits via the
flashing altitude range number. (->27)
Flying after diving
• After diving, wait at least 24hours prior to flying.
Aladin
®
PRIME and Aladin
®
TEC dive instruments are a personal protective equipment in compliance with
the essential safety requirements of the European Union directive 89/686/EEC. RINA SpA, Via Corsica 12,
I-16128 Genoa, notified body no. 0474, have certified the conformity with the European Standard EN
13319:2000.
EN13319:2000 Diving accessories - Depth gauges and combined depth and time measuring devices -
Functional and safety requirements, test methods. Any information on decompression obligation display-
ed by equipment covered by this standard is explicitly excluded from its scope.
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