BLOGCuriosities and facts about Japan
The annual meeting of International DAN (DAN America, DAN Europe, DAN Japan, DAN Southern Africa, DAN S. E. Asia Pacific) in 2012 was held in...
15 January 2013
Stories
DAN Basic Life Support & First Aid Courses Now Also Launched in the DAN Southern Africa Region
Almost six years have passed since DAN Europe first developed the DAN BLS course. This course immediately became popular amongst divers, several dive organisations, rescue...
By Guy Thomas
15 October 2012
To Dive or Not To Dive with Bleomycin
(Editor’s note: the following is a shortened version of the article published in Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine – Vol. 82, No 8, August 2011)IntroductionBleomycin...
15 October 2012
Sport Bronze Plan
When one decides to buy a new insurance cover and has different plans to choose from, he often asks himself if it meets his requirements....
15 October 2012
Meditation and Diving
Most divers have at some point been nervous before or during a dive. That is completely natural. We plunge into a world that we were...
15 October 2012
DAN Research Goes Back to Lake Lugano
After the success of the last edition, the Diving Safety Laboratory, DAN Europe’s “mobile laboratory” is back in Canton Ticino for a new adventure in...
15 October 2012
Dangerous Species and Others Even More So
Yes, that’s right: the most aggressive fish of all is the clownfish. You’ve got it, Nemo himself. That little orange fish who looks so sweet...
15 October 2012
Can Whales Get the Bends?
Conventional wisdom holds that diving mammals do not suffer from decompression sickness (DCS). This is based on two key points: first, evolution has allowed them...
15 October 2012
Questions of the Heart [and Luck]
Hello everyone,We have just come back from a holiday on the Red Sea (13-20 May) with our group, Scubadolphin, and we would like to share...
15 October 2012
Painfully Pretty
Q: As a new diver, I find sea urchins irresistible. I understand their punctures can be harmful. True?A: True, but not all sea urchin-related injuries...
15 October 2012
DAN DSL has Solid Bases
Conceived as a center for field research, DAN Europe Diving Safety Laboratory (DSL), which has always been mobile in nature, is now adding stationary DAN...
15 October 2012
Could Breath-Hold Diving after SCUBA Cause Decompression Sickness?
Recreational divers sometimes practice scuba and breath-hold diving on the same day. Some are concerned that breath-hold diving after scuba may increase their risk of...
15 October 2012
