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Elbow Pain
I made two dives about a month ago. The first was to 27 meters for 20 minutes, and the second was to 11 meters for...
21 June 2016
DAN Staff
Tim Blömeke teaches technical and recreational diving in Taiwan and the Philippines. He is also a freelance writer and translator, as well as a member of the editorial team of Alert Diver. For questions, comments, and inquiries, you can contact him via his blog page or on Instagram.
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Incident insights
Overcoming challenges while diving
Well, I nearly lost my life twice. One was a near drowning experience when three friends and I went diving in rough seas at Dwejra...
By DAN Staff
16 June 2016
Medical Questions
Tympanoplasty
I underwent a tympanoplasty (repair of ear drum perforation) and mastoidectomy (removal of infection from the bone behind the ear) surgery 4 weeks ago. When...
By DAN Staff
11 June 2016
Medical Questions
Abdominal Pain
I have been diving for 15 years without problems, but on my last couple of trips I experienced pain in my upper left abdomen under...
By DAN Staff
09 June 2016
Medical Questions
Regulator’s purge button
When trying to provide rescue breaths in the water to an injured diver, why can’t I use my spare regulator’s purge button? That seems easier...
By DAN Staff
07 June 2016
Medical Questions
Raynaud’s Syndrome
I've recently been diagnosed with Raynaud's Syndrome. I'm an avid diver. Can I continue diving?Answer from DAN experts: Raynaud's Syndrome decreases effective blood flow to the...
By DAN Staff
06 June 2016
Medical Questions
Headache after diving
I regularly suffer from a headache after diving. I do not suffer from migraine and do not suffer from a headache when I do short...
By DAN Staff
03 June 2016
Member profile
Introducing: Kurt Arrigo
You are a renowned specialist in marine photography. When and how did you set off on a mission to capture the unpredictable nature of the...
By DAN Staff
23 May 2016
DAN was there for me
DAN was my lifeline!
Julika is a documentary filmmaker who travelled to Indonesia and then on to her dream destination Kri in West Papua. Although Julika is an experienced...
By DAN Staff
04 December 2015
Scientific Research
My Day as a DAN Volunteer Research Diver
How I ended up as a diving Guinea Pig: Living Citizen Science for the sake of research. Today is a special day I have been looking...
By DAN Staff
27 August 2015
Diving research and medical tests on the spot
DAN Europe is a multi-faceted organisation. Most people know it as the reliable insurance organisation, that it is, ready to provide assistance no matter where,...
By DAN Staff
23 June 2014
The use of propeller guards for dive safety: A cure-all or a palliate?
The Propeller Injury Prevention Campaign, which DAN launched 10 years ago, is being reintroduced this year, and is stirring up great involvement among divers of...
By DAN Staff
15 April 2014
