One of the main safety rules in diving, is to never dive alone ! Each of us relies on the assistance, that should be provided...
INCIDENT 1The Diver This 42-year-old man has been a certified diver since 1992. In that time, he made more than 80 dives, completing 11 over the...
Got Heart? We all do when it comes to diving: it’s why we dive. Our hearts are figuratively in our diving because we enjoy our sport....
I received a call one evening from a 51-year-old female medical professional. She had contacted Divers Alert Network for advice regarding an anxiety or paniclike...
While on a recent training excursion to Mexico, I ran into an old friend from Ohio. It had been more than 25 years since we...
"There was never a sea so blue or an ocean filled with so many things as my first dive after my diagnosis. I am now...
Probably one of the most despised pieces of equipment that a diver has to don is the weight belt. Traditional weight belts consisting of a...
The Diver The diver is an advanced open-water diver with additional training in enriched air diving. He is 35 years old, is in good general health...
Q: After sustaining a fractured rib and pneumothorax during a sports injury, a diver has asked why he could never dive again. What is the...
Queste parole, così cariche di significato, furono ascoltate da un gruppo di subacquei accorsi a Malta per il primo corso del Research Field Operator. Era...
The Categories of Breath-Hold DivingBreath-hold diving is an in-water activity that exists in an occasionally difficult-to-define realm between swimming and compressed-gas diving. The awkwardness comes...
Treatment by hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) happens when close to 100 percent oxygen is administered at an increased pressure (typically two to three times that...
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