The CEO and medical director of pain management at Somerset Regional Pain Center in Kentucky, Dr. Ezekiel Akande oversees operations at one of the area’s most comprehensive pain centers. When not busy with work, Dr. Ezekiel Akande enjoys spending his time in the water swimming and deep sea diving.
Deep sea diving is an exciting way to experience the expansive sea life that inhabits the world, but it comes with considerable dangers. Below are a few basic safety rules for scuba diving:
- Plan your dive: decide on the time, depth, and area you will be diving in, and then make sure you stick to this plan. Doing so allows your fellow divers to keep track of where you are and alert the proper authorities immediately if something goes wrong.
- Check your gear: before a dive, carefully check all of your gear to make sure it is working properly. Rushing or skipping a check can put you in a life-threatening situation. Further, make sure you know how to use all of the gear you have.
- Breathe normally: many beginning divers make the mistake of holding their breath while underwater, but doing so can cause extreme injury or death. When the air is unable to escape, the alveoli in the lungs rupture and cause damage, so remembering to breathe is crucial.
- Stay in your limits: for many, the point of diving is to have fun. Focus on diving in a location and at a depth at which you are comfortable. Being unable to handle particular diving environments not only makes for a stressful experience but can also put you at higher risk of harm.
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