BLOGSafety
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...
09 September 2022
Stories
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
Education
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
Do you need to see a diving doctor before your next dive trip?
Diving is a fascinating and exciting sport, but it also involves special physiological challenges and risks. In order to dive safely and healthily, careful medical...
20 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
Education
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
Education
Is There A Diver Med Tech in The House?
On the many expeditions, operations, and projects I’ve been part of whether military, exploratory or scientific there are always a few ubiquitous and essential skills...
By Andy Torbet
15 March 2022
Prepared diver
Situational Awareness: The Ace in the House of Cards
'Situation awareness (SA) is the ability to perceive data from the environment around us, to make sense of that data to create information, and then...
By Audrey Cudel
22 February 2022
Diving Etiquette
Diving Etiquette: Diving in a Group
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe… Divers' nerves on fire off the shoulder of Shark Reef… I watched canister light beams glitter in the...
04 February 2022
