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Have you ever done a dive you didn’t really want to do but felt you couldn’t say no? Have you…
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Wearing mask under the hood ended a CCR dive. A flooded mask ended this Rebreather dive REPORTED STORY On my…
The Boreas was deliberately sunk in 1989 for the purpose of creating an artificial reef and scuba diving attraction.
If you’ve been out of the water for a while, take time to assess your health and fitness, refresh your…
Oxygen first aid delivered during CPR via oronasal resuscitation mask (free-flow at 15 LPM). Join DAN today at: http://www.daneurope.org
Your guide to getting back in the water Have you been out of the water for a while? Whether it…
Oxygen first aid delivered to an unconscious but normally breathing patient (suspected DCI) via free-flow (15 LPM) with non-rebreather mask.…
Oxygen first aid delivered during CPR via MTV-100 system (manually triggered valve) Learn more at: http://www.daneurope.org and http://www.alertdiver.eu
This online workshop is about capacity building and harmonization of scientific diving in Europe – Issues of Training Framework for…
DAN Europe is launching a new, multifaceted campaign to encourage, celebrate, and support local diving in response to the pandemic,…
The plan was to descend onto the reef and gradually ascend as the dive went on.
Latest from the Incident Insights series by Divers Alert Network The Diver The diver was a 45-year-old male dive instructor…
A diver demonstrates the much greater volume of air that escapes from a low-pressure hose (held in his right hand) compared to a high-pressure hose (in his left hand).
The Diver
A diver demonstrates the much greater volume of air that escapes from a low-pressure hose (held in his right hand)…
Divers Alert Network (DAN), in conjunction with its subsidiary Risk Retention Group, is offering liability insurance to scuba diving professionals and dive businesses.
Divers Alert Network (DAN), in conjunction with its subsidiary Risk Retention Group, is offering liability insurance to scuba diving professionals…
On his first-ever night dive, Sam, an uncertified and inexperienced diver with fewer than 15 lifetime dives, descended to catch lobsters with two other uncertified divers (Dave and Tim). The three descended, while a fourth diver (Ron) planned to freedive and assist with hauling in the anticipated lobster catch. A fifth diver (Eric) remained on the boat. (Note: All names are fictitious.)
The Divers On his first-ever night dive, Sam, an uncertified and inexperienced diver with fewer than 15 lifetime dives, descended…
The diver was a 19-year-old woman in good physical condition. She denied any history of medical problems and did not take any medications regularly. She completed her confined-water training several weeks before with no problems and was now doing her open-water training dives.
The diver was a 19-year-old woman in good physical condition. She denied any history of medical problems and did not…
Small, easy-to-ignore symptoms are often the first signs of decompression sickness.
Small, easy-to-ignore symptoms are often the first signs of decompression sickness. The diver was a 52-year-old female who had been…
The diver was a generally healthy, 32-year-old woman with 130 lifetime dives. Her medical history included no allergies or other health problems. She had just completed her second dive on the second day of a dive series.
The Diver The diver was a generally healthy, 32-year-old woman with 130 lifetime dives. Her medical history included no allergies…
Early one afternoon near La Paz, Mexico, at Los Islotes, a popular dive site and sea lion rookery, a sea lion bit the diver on the stomach. At the time of the attack he was scuba diving in less than 20 feet of seawater with approximately 50 other divers from several dive boats present.
The Diver The diver was a 67-year-old male with 35 years of diving experience. The Incident Early one afternoon near…