Question for a DMO: Coumadin and Scuba?

[island doc]

Question for a DMO. Are there any contraindications to SCUBA while taking Coumadin with an INR of 2.9? Young otherwsie healthy patient anticoagulated after previous DVT.

Thanks.

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[DiveMD]

Question for a DMO. Are there any contraindications to SCUBA while taking Coumadin with an INR of 2.9? Young otherwsie healthy patient anticoagulated after previous DVT.

Thanks.

I believe you are NPQ for diving duty pending a "waiver of physical standards" from BUMED/NAVPERS. Contact your local UMO/DMO in order to expedite the waiver process.

Refer to:

NAVMED P-117, Section III, Art 15-52, (4): Thrombophlebitis in the preceding year.

Also, were you diagnosed with a coagulation defect?
If yes, refer to:

NAVMED P-117, Section III, Art 15-54, (2) Current o history of coagulation defects.

But if your question is about recreational SCUBA, I am sure you are OK as long as safety is your #1 priority. Stay away from sharks, barracudas and fast moving objects! Ha!

Hope this helps!

 

[IgD]

I cut my hand on a wreck dive once. Would you bleed more underwater especially on a deep dive? That doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

 

[island doc]

I believe you are NPQ for diving duty pending a "waiver of physical standards" from BUMED/NAVPERS. Contact your local UMO/DMO in order to expedite the waiver process.

Refer to:

NAVMED P-117, Section III, Art 15-52, (4): Thrombophlebitis in the preceding year.

Also, were you diagnosed with a coagulation defect?
If yes, refer to:

NAVMED P-117, Section III, Art 15-54, (2) Current o history of coagulation defects.

But if your question is about recreational SCUBA, I am sure you are OK as long as safety is your #1 priority. Stay away from sharks, barracudas and fast moving objects! Ha!

Hope this helps!

Guess I should have mentioned that this is in regards to recreational diving, and for someone else. Thanks for the info.

 

[DiveMD]

http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/faq/faq.asp?faqid=184

Good answer as well...