46 C.F.R. § 197.314 First aid and treatment equipment.
Title 46 - Shipping
(a) Each dive location must have— (1) A medical kit approved by a physician that consists of— (i) Basic first aid supplies; and (ii) Any additional supplies necessary to treat minor trauma and illnesses resulting from hyperbaric exposure; (2) A copy of an American Red Cross Standard First Aid handbook; (3) A bag-type manual resuscitator with transparent mask and tubing; and (4) A capability to remove an injured diver from the water. (b) Each diving installation must have a two-way communications system to obtain emergency assistance except when the vessel or facility ship-to-shore, two-way communications system is readily available. (c) Each dive location supporting mixed-gas dives, dives deeper than 130 fsw, or dives outside the no-decompression limits must meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section and have— (1) A decompression chamber; (2) Decompression and treatment tables; (3) A supply of breathing gases sufficient to treat for decompression sickness; (4) The medical kit required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section that is— (i) Capable of being carried into the decompression chamber; and (ii) Suitable for use under hyperbaric conditions; and (5) A capability to assist an injured diver into the decompression chamber.
Title 46: Shipping
PART 197—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subpart B—Commercial Diving Operations
equipment
§ 197.314 First aid and treatment equipment.
