Diving Abbreviations
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By Andy Wade
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A
- AA
- Assisted Ascent
- AAS
- Alternative Air Source (now known as AS : Alternate (gas) source)
- ABC
- Airway, Breathing, Circulation (casualty assessment)
- ABT
- Actual Bottom Time
- ABLJ
- Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket
- ABI
- Approved Boathandling Instructor (BSAC)
- ACI
- Assistant Club Instructor (BSAC)
- ACUC
- American Canadian Underwater Certification
- AD
- Advanced Diver (BSAC)
- AD
- Adventure Diver (PADI)
- AED
- Automatic Emergency/External Defibrillator See also PAD
- AI
- Assistant Instructor (PADI)
- AI
- Advanced Instructor (BSAC)
- AIC
- Advanced Instructor Course (BSAC)
- AIE
- Advanced Instructor Exam (BSAC)
- AISE
- Association of Independent Scuba Educators
- AIT
- Assistant Instructor Trainer (BSAC)
- AIW
- Advanced Instructor Workshop
- AND
- Advanced Nitrox Diver
- ANDI
- American Nitrox Divers International
- AOW
- Advanced Open Water (PADI)
- AP
- Ambient Pressure
- AR
- Ascent Rate
- ASDA
- Advanced Scuba Diving Association
- ATA
- Atmospheres Absolute
- ATM
- Atmosphere
- AV
- Artificial Ventilation
- This used to be referred to as EAR - Expired Air Rescusitation
- AVPU
- Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive (simplified consciousness assessment)
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B
- BA
- Breathing Apparatus
- BAR
- Buoyancy Air Releases (BSAC)
- BARF
- Buoyancy, Air, Releases, Fins
- BARZ
- Buoyancy Air Releases ZIPS! (Drysuits)
- BC
- Buoyancy Control
- BCD
- Buoyancy Control Device
- BDO
- Branch Diving Officer
- BH
- Boat Handling (BSAC)
- BHA
- British Hyperbaric Association
- BMA
- British Medical Association
- BMJ
- British Medical Journal
- BP
- Backplate, also Blood Pressure
- BPM
- Beats Per Minute (heart/pulse rate)
- BW
- Backplate and Wing
- BRA
- Buoyancy Releases Air
- BS
- British Standard
- BSI
- British Standards Institute
- BSAC
- British Sub Aqua Club
- BSOUP
- British Society Of Underwater Photographers
- BT
- Bottom Time
- BWRAF
- Begin, With, Review And Friend. (PADI)
- BWRAF
- Buoyancy Weights Releases Air Final OK (PADI)
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C
- CADC
- Canadian Association of Diving Contractors
- CAGE
- Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism
- CBL
- Controlled Buoyant Lift
- CBPDS
- Conf. Brasileanos de Pesca e Desportos Subaquaticos
- CC
- Cardiac Compressions
- CCCM
- Closed Chest Cardiac Massage
- This is distinguished from OCCM - Open Chest Cardiac Massage which might be performed by a surgeon direct to a heart, the term CCCM was superceded by ECM, and eventually by CC
- CCR
- Closed Circuit Rebreather
- CD
- Club Diver (BSAC)
- CD
- Course Director (PADI)
- CDAA
- Cave Divers Association of Australia
- CDG-GB
- Cave Diving Group of Great Britain
- CEDIP
- European Committee of Professional Diving Instructors
- CEN
- Comiteé Européenne de Normalization (The European Committee for Standardisation)
- CESA
- Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent
- CI
- Club Instructor (BSAC)
- CIE
- Club Instructor Exam (BSAC)
- CIPP
- Compagnie des Instructeurs Professionnels de Plongee
- CMAS
- Confederation Mondiale des Activities Subaquatiques (World Underwater Federation)
- CNS
- Central Nervous System
- CO
- Carbon Monoxide,
- CO
- Cardiac Output
- CO2
- Carbon Dioxide
- CPF
- Chartwork & Position Fixing
- CPR
- Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
- CQR
- Security Patent Anchor
- CTC
- Current Tissue Code
- CTC
- Canadian Transportation Commission
- CWDI
- Canadian Working Divers Institute
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D
- DAN
- Diver's Alert Network
- DCI
- Decompression Illness
- DCIEM
- Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine(Canadian tables)
- DC or DCC
- Decompression Computer
- DCS
- Decompression Sickness
- DCS
- Dive Control Specialist (SSI)
- DDEMS
- Defence Diver Extended Medical Skills (British Forces Qualification)
- DDRC
- Diving Diseases Research Centre
- DEMA
- Diving Equipment and Marketing Association
- DER
- Depth Experience Record
- DIN
- Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (German Institute for Standardization)
- DIR
- Do(ing) It Right
- DIW
- Doing It Wrong
- DL
- Dive Leader (BSAC)
- DM
- Divemaster (PADI)
- DM
- Dive Marshal
- DO
- Diving Officer
- DOD
- Department of Defense (US)
- DOT
- Department of Transportation
- DOWR81
- Diving Operations at Work Regulations 1981 (superceded by DWR97)
- DPM
- Dive Planning & Marshalling
- DPO
- Diving Permission Officer ('Er Indoors!)
- DPV
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle
- DRABC
- Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation (casualty assessment)
- DRI
- Dive Rescue International
- DS
- Decompression Sickness
- DSAT
- Diving Science and Technology(PADI)
- DSC
- Digital Selective Calling
- DSF
- Dansk Sportsdykker Forbund (Danish Sport Diving Federation)
- DSMB
- Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
- DSMBi
- Delayed Surface Marker Buoy integrated (with gas cylinder)
- DT
- Dive Time
- DTR
- Digital Time Recorder
- DUI
- Divers Unlimited International
- DV
- Demand Valve
- DWR97
- Diving at Work Regulations 1997 (UK legislation)
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E
- EAD
- Equivalent Air Depth, or Effective Air Depth
- EAR
- Expired Air Resuscitation
- Now superceded by AV
- EANX
- Enriched Air Nitrox
- ECM
- External Cardiac Massage (term superceded by CC)
- END
- Equivalent Narcotic Depth
- EO
- Equipment Officer
- EPIRB
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
- ERC
- European Resuscitation Council
- ERD
- Extended Range Diver (BSAC)
- ESDA
- Emergency Services Diving Association
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F
- FAD
- First Aid for Divers
- FAUI
- Formation of Australian Underwater Instructors (formerly Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors) FAUI
- FCD
- First Class Diver (BSAC)
- FCD
- Freeflow Control Device
- FEDAS
- Federacion Espanola De Actividades Subacuaticas
- FEV(1)
- Forced Expiratory Volume (in one second)
- FFESSM
- Fédération Française d'Etudes et de Sports Sous Marins
- FSSS
- Fédération Suisse de Sports Subaquatiques
- FQAS
- Fédération Québecoise des Activites Subaquatiques
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G
- GMDSS
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GUE
- Global Underwater Explorers
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H
- H
- Hydrogen
- HID
- High Intensity Discharge
- HDS
- Historical Diving Society
- He
- Helium
- HMCG
- Her Majesty's Coast Guard
- HOAL
- Home Office Aluminium
- HOS
- Home Office Steel
- HOT
- Home Office Tested
- HSA
- Handicapped Scuba Association
- HSC
- Health and Safety Commission (UK)
- HSE
- Health & Safety Executive
- HSW Act or HSWA74
- Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (UK legislation)
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I
- IADRS
- International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists
- IAHD
- International Association for Handicapped Divers
- IANTD
- International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
- IDC
- Instructor Development Course (PADI)
- IDEA ; International Diving Educators Association
- IDEST
- Inspectorate for Diving Equipment Servicing and Testing
- IDOT
- Israeli Dive Operators and Tourism
- IOC
- Instructor Orientation Course (PADI)
- IPDS
- International Police Diver Symposium
- ISE
- International Scuba Educators
- ISO
- International Standards Organisation
- ITC
- Instructor Training Course (BSAC)
- ITS
- Instructor Training Scheme (BSAC)
- ITW
- Instructor Training Workshop (BSAC)
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J
- JAMA
- The Journal of the American Medical Association
- JSSADC
- Joint Services Sub Aqua Diving Clubs
- JULIA
- Japan Underwater Leaders and Instructors Association
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K
- KISS
- Keep It Simple, Stupid!
- KISS
- trade name for a Kiss rebreather
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L
- LIDS
- London International Dive Show
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M
- MCA
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- MCQ
- Multiple Choice Questionnaire (also known as Multiple Choice Paper)
- MCS
- Marine Conservation Society
- MDEA
- Multinational Diving Educators Association
- MFA
- Medic First Aid (PADI)
- MFS
- Mask Fin Snorkel
- MI
- Master Instructor (PADI)
- MMSI
- Maritime Mobile Service Identity
- MRCC
- Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
- MRSC
- Maritime Rescue Sub Centre
- MSD
- Master Scuba Diver (PADI)
- MSDT
- Master Scuba Diver Trainer (PADI)
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N
- N2
- Nitrogen
- NACD
- National Association of Cave Divers
- NAS
- Nautical Archaeological Society
- NASDS
- National Association of SCUBA Diving Schools
- NASE
- National Association of Scuba Educators
- NAUI
- National Association of Underwater Instructors
- NBDHMT
- National Board of Diving & Hyperbaric Medical Technology
- NDF
- Norwegian Diving Federation
- NDO
- National Diving Officer
- NE
- Neon
- NEDU
- Navy Experimental Diving Unit (US Navy)
- NELOS
- Nederlandstalige liga voor onderwateronderzoek en -sport (Belgium)
- NEC
- National Exhibition Centre
- NHC
- National Hyperbaric Centre (Aberdeen)
- NI
- National Instructor (BSAC)
- NIADD
- National Instructors' Assn for Divers with Disabilities
- NN
- Nitrogen Narcosis
- NO
- Nitrox
- NOAA
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOB
- Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond
- NQI
- Nationally Qualified Instructor
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O
- O2
- Oxygen
- OA/O2A
- Oxygen Administration
- OAC
- Oxygen Administration Course
- OD
- Ocean Diver (BSAC)
- OMS
- Ocean Management Systems
- OMS
- Open Muppet Season
- OPV
- Over Pressure Valve
- OT
- Oxygen Toxicity
- OWI
- Open Water Instructor (BSAC)
- OWIC
- Open Water Instructor Course (BSAC)
- OWSI
- Open Water Scuba Instructor (PADI)
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P
- PADI
- Professional Association of Diving Instructors
- PAD
- Public Access Defibrillator (American term for AED)
- PBA
- Professional Boatmans Association
- PDIC
- Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
- PFO
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- PG
- Pressure Group
- PNR
- Passenger Name Record
- PP
- Partial Pressure
- PPP
- Planning Preparation Presentation
- PPPPPP
- Perfect Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
- PRM
- Practical Rescue Management (BSAC)
- PSA
- Professional Scuba Association
- PSDA
- Public Safety Diving Association
- PSI
- Pounds per Square Inch
- PSI
- Professional Scuba Inspectors, Inc
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Q
- QA
- Quality Assurance
- QRB
- Qualification Record Book
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R
- RA
- Rescue Assessment
- RAC
- Rebreather Awareness Course
- RDP
- Recreational Dive Planner (PADI)
- REAP
- Review Encourage Assess Plan
- REG
- Regulator
- RES
- Rescue Diver (PADI)
- RFA
- Rescue First Aid
- RIB
- Rigid hulled Inflatable Boat
- RhIB
- Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat
- RLSS
- Royal Life Saving Society
- RMV
- Respiratory Minute Volume
- RNLI
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- RNPL
- Royal Navy Physiological Laboratory (produced RN decompression tables)
- RNT
- Residual Nitrogen Time
- ROV
- Remotely Operated Vehicle
- RSTC
- Recreational Scuba Training Council
- RYA
- Royal Yachting Association
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S
- SAA
- Sub Aqua Association
- SADS
- Sub Aqua Diving Supervisor (Joint Services Sub-Aqua Diving Clubs)
- SALT
- Statement of Alternative Level Training
- SAR
- Search and Rescue
- SBS
- Special Boat Service (Royal Navy special forces)
- SC
- Surfacing Code
- SCR
- Semi-closed Circuit Rebreather
- SCUBA
- Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
- SEAL
- Sea-Air-Land Teams (US Navy special forces)
- SEEDS
- Safety Equipment Exercise Discipline Signals
- SD
- Sports Diver (BSAC)
- SD
- Scuba Diver (PADI)
- SDC
- Skill Development Course (BSAC)
- SDCC
- Skill Development Course Certificate (BSAC)
- SDI
- SCUBA Diving International
- SI
- Surface Interval
- SITA
- Scuba Industries Trade Association
- SLJ
- Surface Life Jacket
- SMB
- Surface Marker Buoy
- SNK
- Snorkel
- SOLAS
- Safety of Life at Sea
- SPG
- Submersible Pressure Gauge
- SR
- Search & Recovery
- SUF
- Swedish Underwater Federation
- SSAC
- Scottish Sub Aqua Club
- SSI
- Scuba Schools International
- STA
- Scuba Trade Association
- STEP
- Safe, Technically correct, Effective, Progressive (BSAC)
- SUSL
- Finnish Sportdivers Association
- SWA
- Sheltered Water Assessment
- SWE
- Sheltered Water Evaluation
- SWP
- Safe Working Pressure
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T
- TBT
- Total Bottom Time
- TD
- Technical Diver
- TDI
- Technical Diving International
- TIDF
- The Israeli Diving Federation
- TLA
- Three Letter Acronym
- TO
- Training Officer
- TP
- Test Pressure
- TPR
- Transportable Pressure Receptacle
- TSM
- Technical Support Manager
- TSVÖ
- Tauchsportverband Oesterreichs (Austrian Diving Federation)
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U
- UDT
- Underwater Demolition Team
- UHMS
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
- UKSDMC
- UK Sport Diving Medical Committee
- UPTD
- Unit Pulmonary Toxic Dose
- UBA
- Underwater Breathing Apparatus
- UTD
- Unified Team Diving Unified Team Diving
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V
- V
- Visual (Inspection of air cylinder for test purposes)
- VDST
- Verband deutscher Sporttaucher e.V. (German Sport Diving Club)
- VDTL
- Verband deutscher Tauchlehrer e.V. (German Dive Instructor Agency)
- VVDS
- Variable Volume Drysuit
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W
- WASI
- World Association of Scuba Instructors
- WB
- Weightbelt
- WC
- Water Capacity
- WP
- Water Pressure, also Working Pressure
- WASAC
- Welsh Association of Sub Aqua Clubs
- WKPP
- Woodville Karst Plains Project
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Y
- YBOD
- Yellow Box Of Death (a rather cruel and unfair reference to the Inspiration CCR)
- YBOD
- Better known as the "Yellow Box Of Desire", "Yellow Box of Debt" and others
- YMCA
- Young Men's Christian Association National SCUBA Program
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Z
- All originally on the Dive Instruct web site
