BLOGSafety
Regulators: CE marking and warranty
As divers, we want to breathe as comfortably as possible and trust our regulator to provide us with the right amount of breathing gas during...
14 November 2022
Stories
Features
Silence in the Tower of Babel: a brief story about hand signals
When landlubbers ask divers the reason why they are attracted to such a hostile world, the most common answer is that beyond the discovery of...
By Audrey Cudel
26 October 2022
Safety
Let’s talk about… Gas Planning
Gas planning is an aspect of diving that many of us are confused about. Depending on your training agency and how long ago it was...
By Tim Blömeke
23 September 2022
Decoder: Key Definitions
Gas Planning 101: How To Calculate Your RMV
Respiratory minute volume or RMV, also referred to as SAC rate (for Surface Air Consumption) or SRC (Surface Consumption Rate) is the volume of breathing...
By Tim Blömeke
23 September 2022
Safety
Boat ladder safety
Most divers who have dived from boats know that before they enter the water, they need to check that nobody is below them. Also while...
By Guy Thomas
09 September 2022
Medical line
Could optimising a diver’s hydration and temperature improve their decompression safety?
Over the last two decades, hyperbaric researchers, and subsequently divers, have come to understand that proper hydration is important in reducing the risk of decompression...
29 August 2022
DAN Training
Equaleasy – equalisation techniques
Divers know it all too well: barotrauma epidemics occurring on a liveaboard or on long dive trips are not due to the interference of some...
01 August 2022
Features
Pushing the Envelope: New Research into the Physiology of Deep Rebreather Diving
Deep rebreather divers are not just exploring new and rarely visited dive sites, they are also entering uncharted territory when it comes to the physiological...
By Tim Blömeke
19 July 2022
Features
DAN Europe’s Emergency Assistance 2018-2021: A Statistical Study
DAN Europe keeps detailed records of the emergencies that it handles through the 24/7 hotline and its network of diving doctors and specialists. We thought...
22 June 2022
Incident insights
Decompression Illness Following Two Nitrox Dives
The Incident A dive instructor who lives in Dubai, UAE made two local dives on nitrox 32%. The first dive was to 30 metres for 37...
20 May 2022
DAN Training
Equaleasy – Debunking the myths of equalisation in diving
Anthropological studies on Homo subaquaticus show that members of this species are quick to learn—at a cost—that their ears play an important role when they...
29 April 2022
Safety
Should We Treat Children as Small Adults When it Comes to Diving?
Depending on the dive training organisation or country, starting from the age of eight, children can participate in introductory diving activities in a pool or...
By Guy Thomas
08 April 2022
