When she joined Divers Alert Network (DAN) in 2008, Patty Seery, MHS, brought with her more than 30 years of experience as a health care provider/educator and CPR instructor/instructor trainer in addition to being a scuba instructor/course director. While serving as the Director of Training at DAN, she  was the architect behind the current DAN first-aid courses which are still being used across the globe by divers of all sorts and multiple agencies. Since this article was first published, she has moved on to other pursuits in the scuba diving industry.