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Perform a Dive Medical History:
• Patient name
• Date/Time
• Symptoms
• Past history
• Allergies
• Type of dive last performed (equipment, profile, etc.)
• Number of dives in last 24 hours
• Was symptom noted before, during, or after dive?
• If during, was it while descending, on the bottom, or ascending?
• Has symptom increased, decreased, or stayed the same?
• Other symptoms? When?
• Has patient had similar symptoms before? When?
• Has patient had DCS or AGE before? When?

Perform the PJ Neuro Exam – see Chapter 19
Additional Notes (Diving):
• U.S. Navy Dive Manual
○ http://www.supsalv.org
• Diving Alert Network (Duke University): (919) 684-9111
○ http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/

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