BLOGGastric Reflux in Diving: Is it an Emerging Issue?
For the past decade, along with changes in our lifestyles, there has been an increase in the number of people affected by gastric reflux (Gastroesophageal reflux...
15 May 2013
Stories
Solidarity arrives… on a seahorse
An act of solidarity can often travel a long, windy road, full of surprises. Sometimes, it can even disappear into an abyss and reemerge a...
15 May 2013
One Name, many magazines!
DAN is a global entity made of five sister OrganisationsDAN AmericaDAN EuropeDAN JapanDAN Southern AfricaDAN Asia PacificMost of them publish their own Alert Diver magazine,...
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04 March 2013
Your IDEAS
This brand new column lists all contents submitted by new contributors and Alert Diver readers, that have been checked and approved by Alert Diver Web...
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01 March 2013
Preliminary analysis of DAN Europe DSL DB and gradient factor evaluations
Introduction: The current large number of dives per year requires in-depth epidemiological analysis. The DAN Europe DSL database (DB) was analysed aiming at comparing its...
By Amir Gerges
15 January 2013
Robojelly: The Underwater Robot Jellyfish that Produces its own Energy from Hydrogen
Robojelly is the name of the newly invented underwater robot jellyfish prototype, capable of refuelling itself using hydrogen present in ocean waters, producing the necessary energy...
By Marta Albè
15 January 2013
The Hyperbaric Centres of the DAN Europe Network: Sharm el Sheik
Director of the Hyperbaric Medical Center (HMC) of Sharm el Sheikh and Dahab, Egypt, and Scuba diving instructor since the eighties, Dr. Taher is considered...
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15 January 2013
Perception of Reality and Hydration in Divers
One notable accomplishment of Steve Jobs (editor’s note: the late founder of Apple Computers) was the creation of Reality Distortion Fields (RDF). It appears that entering...
15 January 2013
ENT problems suffered by scuba divers during participation in diving activities
Background: What types of Acute ENT problems while diving make a diver visit a healthcare facility? We studied incidence of such problems in the DAN member...
By Amir Gerges
15 January 2013
An International Overlook on Diving: Excerpts from the DAN Day 2012 in Japan
Each year, DAN Japan hold discussions on safe diving, with renowned specialists coming from all over the world, sharing their experience and studies. What follows...
15 January 2013
To Stop or Not To Stop…? And Why
This is when it happens. You're coming up from a great dive, approaching safety-stop depth, when internal conflict begins. What you really want is to...
15 January 2013
Coming up short
As DAN Members you know that DAN continuously gathers data on dive injuries. A small, but growing, number of cases reported to DAN involves what...
15 January 2013
