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Entangled in Kelp algae
The DiversOn his first-ever night dive, Sam, an uncertified and inexperienced diver with fewer than 15 lifetime dives, descended to catch lobsters with two other...
29 June 2015
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Weight Up!
Early in dive training, students learn that there are three elements involved in buoyancy control: the buoyancy compensator (BC), weights and lung volume. Although most...
28 June 2015
Medical line
Latests findings on DCI and Dive Physiology (Part 1)
Bubbles that make divers bent or cause the so-called Decompression Sickness (DCS) are known by any diver in the world. The gas in question is...
27 June 2015
Diving beyond recreational limits
Beyond recreational depths, the “technical” diving community pushes the frontier of “recreational” diving steadily to deeper and less-forgiving environments.Rebreathers, once almost exclusively used by the...
26 June 2015
Learning to Rebreathe
It was dinner time at Divetech. As I walked past the kitchen, I noticed two red lights blinking on the side of the oven. Before...
By Brian Harper
25 June 2015
Tobacco and Asthma
Asthma is considered a concern when it comes to fitness to dive because of associated airway reactiveness and obstruction of small airways, which may cause...
15 December 2014
A Culture of Dive Safety
Establishing a culture of dive safety is central to the mission of Divers Alert Network. Such a culture requires collective effort, and DAN intends to...
15 December 2014
Bubbles in the blue?
There are moments in which, especially if you’re someone working in the field of research at DAN, you need to stop to reflect on certain...
15 November 2014
Preventing Breathing-Gas Contamination
Incidents involving bad breathing gas — be it air, nitrox, trimix or another mixture — are rare, yet they do occur. Health effects on divers...
15 November 2014
The Golden Trident Prize Awarded To Alessandro Marroni
The International Academy of Underwater Sciences and Techniques has awarded the prestigious “Golden Trident” prize to the president of DAN Europe, Dr. Alessandro Marroni. In...
By Stefano Ruia
15 November 2014
Oxygen
Oxygen has long been recognized as the primary first aid for scuba diving injuries, specifically decompression sickness (DCS) and arterial gas embolism (AGE). Inhalation of...
By Patty Seery
16 October 2014
Air, Nitrox and Fatigue
Compressed air has been the standard and most widely used breathing mix in recreational diving for decades. Breathing-gas mixtures with a lower nitrogen content and...
15 October 2014
