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 Immediately after registering for the course, please carefully read and complete the
RSTC MEDICAL STATEMENT and DIVERS
MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE section on the inside of your Student Record File,
or download the PDF version
here. eLearning students will do this as part of the online registration
process when reading the terms and conditions.
If you can answer YES to one or more of the questions
on the DIVERS MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE, then it is required that you obtain
a physician's release before being allowed to participate in the
confined water (pool) sessions of your course. This is for your
safety.
This physician's release must be on the
RSTC MEDICAL STATEMENT
form. Print this form, and complete page 1 and the student section on
page 2. Your doctor will complete the physician section on page 2. Bring
the completed form with you to your first course session.
You and/or your physician may have questions regarding
your fitness to dive. Divers Alert Network (DAN) at Duke University
Medical Center is available to help you address these questions. You
and/or your physician can speak to diving medicine specialists by calling
the DAN non-emergency line at 919-684-2948 (Mon-Fri, 8am to 4pm CT).
Referrals to area diving and hyperbaric medicine specialists are also
available. This is a no-charge service to scuba divers and student divers.
The following are informational student guides published
by Divers Alert Network (DAN):
 Health
and Fitness in Scuba Diving
Avoiding Ear and Sinus
Injuries in Scuba Diving
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