BLOGA Culture of Dive Safety
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...
15 December 2014
Stories
Tobacco and Asthma
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...
15 December 2014
Preventing Breathing-Gas Contamination
Incidents involving bad breathing gas — be it air, nitrox, trimix or another mixture — are rare, yet they do occur. Health effects on divers...
15 November 2014
The Golden Trident Prize Awarded To Alessandro Marroni
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...
By Stefano Ruia
15 November 2014
Bubbles in the blue?
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...
15 November 2014
Oxygen
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...
By Patty Seery
16 October 2014
Air, Nitrox and Fatigue
Compressed air has been the standard and most widely used breathing mix in recreational diving for decades. Breathing-gas mixtures with a lower nitrogen content and...
15 October 2014
Effects of Diving on the Brain (Part 2)
We keep examining the possible relationship between acute dive injuries and neurological complications. The question is still unresolved, and we submit to the experts a...
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23 September 2014
Unexpected Air Pockets
The DiverThe diver, a 40-year-old male with more than 1,500 lifetime dives, had no known medical conditions and reported a healthy lifestyle. In the months...
23 September 2014
Effects of Diving on the Brain (Part 1)
The question of whether diving can have deleterious, long-term health effects emerges from time to time but appears unanswered so far. Possible neurological complications from...
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23 July 2014
Coming to Grips with Symptoms
The DiverThe diver was an experienced, 43-year-old female with more than 150 lifetime dives. She was reportedly healthy and reasonably fit, and she denied taking...
23 July 2014
Back to Basics
Decompression illness is a fascinating condition that lurks in the shadows of divers’ minds, reminding us that we are vulnerable and that our push to...
01 July 2014
