While SCUBA training agencies include risk awareness protocols to decrease hazards associated with recreational SCUBA diving, incidents still occur. Recently, DAN researchers and partners conducted...
Our medical staff often receive questions on whether it’s safe to dive while taking a particular medication. Even though their is not a straightforward answer...
For 35 years, DAN Europe’s mission is making diving safer. This has been done by offering diving medical assistance and advice, performing research and sharing...
Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. Between the island of Tiran and the Sinai east coast of, the Gulf narrows. In the middle of the Straits, an...
The Portuguese man-of-war not only has a melodious Latin name (Physalis physalis), but also an extremely beautiful structure. It's an ingenious product of evolution. It...
One more sliced finger from a dive ladder was the last straw for the DMO, called in to suture yet another significant dive-related injury. In...
It's 1952, and five years still need to go by before the premiere of 'The Silent World' award-winning movie by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle,...
Standard Operation Procedures, or SOPs, are written documents that explain how to organize or do specific tasks, with the aim of creating a standardized and...
Scuba equipment failure or malfunction is a relatively rare factor in diving-related accidents and fatalities. When it does occur, the most common and hazardous malfunctions...
The diver was a 58-year-old man with approximately 150 lifetime dives. He had hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone levels) for which he took levothyroxine daily. He...
Here is a look back at our most popular pieces of the past twelve months. It's a diversified collection, from practical tips to inspiring writing...
Steve Martin has been scuba diving for the past 18 years, and is now a world-renowned professional diving instructor specialising in cave diving and sidemount...
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