Authors: Mervyn Kyi, Barbora Paldus, Natalie Nanayakkara, Michael Bennett, Rebecca Johnson, Catherine Meehan, Peter Colman

Summary
In 2015 the Australian Diabetes Society commissioned a working group to review and revise its Position Statement on scuba diving in persons with diabetes. The working group consisted of endocrinologists with an interest in type 1 diabetes, diving medical specialists, a recreational diver with diabetes and an advocate for people with type 1 diabetes. A thorough literature review was performed and all available evidence was summarised and a new Position Statement was drafted. The new Position Statement was submitted to the ADS Council for approval. The scope of this document is restricted to recreational (not professional) diving in line with the available evidence. It is also targeted at insulin-requiring (both type 1 and type 2) diabetes, as traditionally this group has been excluded from recreational diving. This document updates the ADS Position Statement in line with current evidence.

Position Statement
Download the full version of the ‘Insulin-requiring diabetes and recreational diving ADS Position Statement ‘ – PDF and Appendices – PDF (Posted: December, 2016)