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Ear Infections and Diving: a difficult relationship!
It’s winter; and still a handful of European divers continue diving regardless of the cold temperatures that have enveloped Europe. You get out of the...
It’s winter; and still a handful of European divers continue diving regardless of the cold temperatures that have enveloped Europe. You get out of the...
The DiversOn his first-ever night dive, Sam, an uncertified and inexperienced diver with fewer than 15 lifetime dives, descended to catch lobsters with two other...
Early in dive training, students learn that there are three elements involved in buoyancy control: the buoyancy compensator (BC), weights and lung volume. Although most...
Bubbles that make divers bent or cause the so-called Decompression Sickness (DCS) are known by any diver in the world. The gas in question is...
Beyond recreational depths, the “technical” diving community pushes the frontier of “recreational” diving steadily to deeper and less-forgiving environments.Rebreathers, once almost exclusively used by the...
It was dinner time at Divetech. As I walked past the kitchen, I noticed two red lights blinking on the side of the oven. Before...
Establishing a culture of dive safety is central to the mission of Divers Alert Network. Such a culture requires collective effort, and DAN intends to...
Asthma is considered a concern when it comes to fitness to dive because of associated airway reactiveness and obstruction of small airways, which may cause...
Incidents involving bad breathing gas — be it air, nitrox, trimix or another mixture — are rare, yet they do occur. Health effects on divers...
The International Academy of Underwater Sciences and Techniques has awarded the prestigious “Golden Trident” prize to the president of DAN Europe, Dr. Alessandro Marroni. In...
There are moments in which, especially if you’re someone working in the field of research at DAN, you need to stop to reflect on certain...
Oxygen has long been recognized as the primary first aid for scuba diving injuries, specifically decompression sickness (DCS) and arterial gas embolism (AGE). Inhalation of...