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Diving under the influence
Dr Marshall discusses the symptoms and consequences of diving under the influence of alcohol and Class A or Class B drugs. Recreational scuba diving is enjoyable and it is meant...
27 September 2015
Stories
Features
DAN Europe Charity Funds
The Claudius Obermaier Charity Fund from DAN Europe We are writing the year 2003. On the afternoon of August 20th Claudius Simon Obermaier from Olching, Germany,...
26 September 2015
Incident insights
The Wedding ring story
Watch your fingers when you go diving! Wearing a wedding ring is clearly a statement, yes, but, Ladies and Gentlemen, do you really need to wear...
25 September 2015
Scientific Research
My Day as a DAN Volunteer Research Diver
How I ended up as a diving Guinea Pig: Living Citizen Science for the sake of research. Today is a special day I have been looking...
By DAN Staff
27 August 2015
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Physiological responses to high pressure during immersion
The bodyâs physiological response to high pressure during immersion. Have you ever been bothered by any of this during your scuba dive? Gettinâ narced, equalization problems,...
26 August 2015
Incident insights
Don’t touch the Crown of Thorns!
This starfish (Acanthaster planci) has its meaningful name for a reason! However, if you did, go to hospital right away. You will need immediate medical...
25 August 2015
Features
Scuba Yoga
Stay fit for diving! Vinyasa Power Yoga seems to be applicable to some real world dive scenarios. Just flip through the pages of this special...
18 August 2015
Medical line
Latests findings on DCI and Dive Physiology (Part 2)
Following the first article, published last month, we keep presenting the research findings which came out from "The Science of Diving", final conference of the scientific project...
29 July 2015
Features
Minimise the Effects of Jet Lag
My next dive trip is taking me across the world. Whenever I cross time zones, I suffer relatively severe jet lag, which affects my ability...
28 July 2015
Medical line
Flying After Diving: Finally, the Facts (Not Just Theory)
The study of data collected in the first research campaign of DAN Europeâs Diving Safety Laboratory (DSL) âFlying bubblesâ project has concluded. The results are...
By Stefano Ruia
27 July 2015
Medical line
Germophobia? – Just give it a reasonable thought
As published in past articles of Alert Diver, microbes from different sources, transmitted via diving equipment, can be a true threat to scuba divers. In fact,...
26 July 2015
Safety
Stick to Your Maximum Operating Depth
Question: On a recent dive trip, my buddies and I dived using 30 percent nitrox. Beyond our maximum operating depth was a big turtle that...
25 July 2015
