Do you snorkel or scuba dive and suffer from asthma? Have you scuba dived or snorkelled with someone who has had an asthma attack? If so, please let us know about your experience as well as what you think of our products – you can send us an email by following this link. Email MediDive.

MediDive Asthma Info:

Asthma is already one of the most prevalent medical conditions in the world affecting over 300 million people worldwide* and the incidence continues to grow. The 'out of hand' figure usually quoted is that 10% of the adult population are sufferers but in some regions up to 25% of children are affected and several studies have recorded the incidence doubling over short time spans, i.e. 10 to 20 years.

Since the mid 90’s a number of protocols have been developed by medical doctors that enable asthmatics, after a medical assessment, to scuba dive. The best we have seen is by Dr Duke Scott (Medical Director of the YMCA’s YSCUBA program http://www.ymcascuba.org/ymcascub/asthmatc.html) (Asthmatic Protocol.doc). Dr Duke has been training known asthmatics to scuba dive since January 2000, and has continued to collect data from his students.

However, until now there have been no physical products to directly service this large and growing market.  

The MediDive Snorkel and MediDive Regulator combine the features of a rescue inhaler or “asthma puffer” with that of diving and snorkel equipment.

This enables asthma sufferers the opportunity to enjoy the sport, subject to a consultation with their doctor, safe in the knowledge that should they require their medication, it is immediately and easily available. This not only improves their own safety but also those of the people with them – making snorkelling and diving safer for everyone.

(* World Health Organisation statistic)

Useful Links:

Some of the best links to sites dealing with Asthma in general and Diving with Asthma specifically.