The term “fitness to dive” includes a wide range of elements: medical and psychological fitness, appropriate knowledge, adequate physical skills and adequate physical fitness. Breaks...
Buoyancy control, perhaps one of the more confounding aspects of safe diving, is the subject here. Regulating buoyancy is not always easy, especially for beginners,...
An apnea workshop with Umberto Pelizzari: what an excellent opportunity for our DSL (Diving Safety Laboratory) to collect relevant data for our research activities on...
During the week preceding the 7th DAN Day, from 24th to 27th August 2011, the 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Underwater and Baromedical...
Barcelona, September 26th 2011Hi, this is just to communicate and report an accident that I suffered last Saturday (Sept 17th). I was snorkelling in the...
Many times at DAN our members enquire about the right plan / insurance coverage for them. Is any type of insurance coverage good enough? A...
Determining medical fitness to dive is not an exact science. Like most topics in medicine, opinions about an individual’s fitness to dive should be conditional...
An illustrious food expert and the European leader in scientific research on scuba diving safety: the collaboration between the DAN Europe DSL (Diving Safety Laboratory)...
October 5th, 2011It might sound paradoxical, but the mechanisms you described in your article about underwater panic are exactly the reasons why I mainly have...
The equipment used today for underwater activity may seem very different to that used by pioneers like Jacques Cousteau, but in truth, the basic elements...
Some divers choose to hole up in the winter months, acting more like hibernating bears than adventurous water lovers. It seems the only time you...
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