Safety
The DAN HIRA Initiative: the promotion of a culture of safety at dive businesses
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...
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...
I have varicose veins, which I want to have removed. Will this procedure present any problems relative to diving?Answer from DAN experts:Removing varicose vein does...
Is it possible to dive after having suffered a stroke?Answer from DAN experts: Stroke, or loss of blood supply to the brain, causes damage to part...
I lost one of my eyes in an accident. I have an opportunity to learn how to scuba dive, but I have heard that I...
I was diagnosed with leukemia and underwent treatment. I am in remission and was recently cleared by my doctors for exercise without restriction. I feel...
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...
What is "oxygen ear"?Answer from DAN experts:Also known as middle-ear oxygen absorption syndrome, oxygen ear describes a gas volume imbalance in the middle ear after...
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...
I would like to know if deep stops are always recommended for recreational dives, if the depth of the deep stop must be half of...
I’ve been practicing weight lifting for several years. Three years ago I approached the world of diving, and I understood the importance of aerobic training....