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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...
15 January 2010
Stories
Neuro Hit
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...
15 January 2010
Pneumothorax and Its Consequences
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...
By Richard Moon
15 January 2010
DAN Research-Dal Safe Dive al Diving Safety Laboratory
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...
15 January 2010
DAN Begins Reporting on Incident Collection of Breath-Hold Diving
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...
15 October 2009
Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy
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...
15 October 2009
Cerebral and Spinal Cord DCI
The dive vessel was seven hours from the nearest land. DAN helped enlist a rescue helicopter to evacuate the diver to the nearest hospital and...
15 October 2009
IDAN Chamber Attendant & Chamber Operator course
Several years ago DAN Europe started with the Recompression Chamber Assistance and Partnership Program (RCAPP) in the DAN Europe region. This is an initiative which...
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15 October 2009
Relieving the Pressure
You’ve just completed your last dive of the day, and as you’re packing your gear you notice a twinge in your shoulder. Recalling that the...
15 October 2009
Listen to What Your Body Tells You
My daughter suffers from an occasional migraine. As a precursor to one of these "knock-her-off-her-feet" headaches, she starts to see "black splotches." She knows that...
By Jeff Mayers
15 October 2009
Neurological DCI
The DiverThe diver is a 27-year-old female scuba instructor who has been certified for four years. A technical diver, she has made more than 250...
15 October 2009
A Cause for Concern
After major surgery, you should not resume diving until you can exercise safely. Warm weather is here in the Northern Hemisphere, and many of us...
15 October 2009
