Safety and safety awareness should be an integral part of a diver's or new diver's vocabulary. While one can quite easily say 'Do you remember when diving was dangerous and sex was safe?', this reversal has only come about through the diligent adherence to safe dive practices.

The best way to ensure a trouble free dive holiday is to avoid unsafe dive practices such as drinking and diving and recreational drug use and diving.

When diving under normal circumstances a well rested, well hydrated body diving within safe dive limits will rarely experience any problems, but in the event that you do, ensure that the criteria listed below are met.

Useful Numbers:
Hyperbaric Services of Thailand 077-427427
Samui International Hospital 077-230781-2
Phuket International Hospital 076-249400

• Your dive operator has oxygen on the boat and the ability to deliver it. This is the essential first aid drug used in any dive accident.
• There is a well put-together first aid kit on board and your instructors are Emergency First Responders, with current training.
• You always ascend slowly from every dive you make and ensure that you perform your safety stops.
• When you enter the water you have a decent dive knife and a safety sausage. These are inexpensive but necessary pieces of equipment.
• Your instructors have the emergency telephone numbers and evacuation procedures to reach the emergency services. Hyperbaric Services of Thailand (HST) and the Samui International Hospital (SIH) in Koh Samui, or the Phuket International Hospital in Phuket have the ability to respond quickly and professionally to any dive emergency should the need arise.