The PADI Enriched
Air course is designed to teach you the
procedures for safe recreational diving
with enriched air/nitrox. Get your questions
answered and eliminate the myths and mysteries
of diving with mixed gas.
During the PADI Enriched Air Course you
learn to select the appropriate nitrox mixture
for your planned depth, analyse the mix
to ensure accuracy and safety, and determine
the oxygen exposure limits after each dive.
There's much more to this course than just
diving!
Course Highlights
Just what is enriched air/nitrox? Enriched
air/nitrox is recreational diving's latest
tool in the struggle to safely extend no-decompression
limits. This gas is particularly effective
in the 25m -35m range. Enriched air (as
you will learn) depends on the exact mixture
of oxygen and nitrogen. It extends dive
time by replacing some of the nitrogen in
our normal air mixture with a higher percentage
of oxygen. You already know that our bottom
time is dictated by a depth and time limitation
based on nitrogen being absorbed into our
system. If we decrease the nitrogen then
our NDL's should be longer. There is a trade
off for being able to stay longer at these
depths and using higher concentration of
oxygen… A higher oxygen percentage
brings new concerns and precautions due
to the effect oxygen has on our central
nervous system. The PADI Enriched Air Course
teaches you how to plan dives and to take
into consideration both nitrogen and oxygen
exposure limits. You learn how to find and
log these limits based on PADI's Enriched
Air RDP's.
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