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DAN members and their families can get access to a variety of services and can benefit from all-round dive support.
Alert Diver / European edition is an online magazine published in 9 languages by the DAN Europe Foundation and addressed to all divers, whose aim is to promote diving safety.
Written by recognised experts in the fields of dive medicine and emergency training, Alert Diver informs divers on a number of topics, including medical issues, research studies, accident prevention and incident insights.
DAN members and their families can get access to a variety of services and can benefit from all-round dive support.
Editor's note This is the last article of our Equaleasy series, which is based on a course on equalization developed in a collaboration between DAN...
Open-circuit and rebreather divers can be on the same team – to the benefit of both parties, as long as certain precautions are observed. With...
Immersion Pulmonary Oedema/Edema (IPO/IPE) might not be the most common safety concern or health problem during diving, but it probably is one of the most unknown ones. As we will see in this article, it might even be misunderstood by both the diver and his buddy, leading to wrong decisions during the dive, which can have life threatening consequences. IPO, explained When we scuba dive or do other immersion related...
One would expect diving cylinder valve connections to be the same all over the world. However, this is not the case and there are some...
Editor's note: We present here a contributor's analysis on a recent and vastly debated topic, shedding light on a study in which DAN Europe researchers...