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How Does DAN Europe Deal With Diver Accidents?
If you are a member of DAN Europe, or perhaps you’re considering becoming one, you might have some questions about what you need to do...
If you are a member of DAN Europe, or perhaps you’re considering becoming one, you might have some questions about what you need to do...
Fear is a fundamental and useful emotion in humans and in our mammalian relatives. It signals the presence of a dangerous situation to the mind....
Imagine renting a car in an unfamiliar city, navigating traffic on unfamiliar roads, and then finding yourself in a heavy rainstorm — only to realize...
Wisdom: How was the dive then? First dive since you finished your open water course, must have been pretty exciting, right? Foolishness: Oh Man… The wreck...
Unskilled and unaware of it – references to the Dunning-Kruger effect are popular in the dive community. However, the findings of the original research are...
In part one this story, we reviewed the advantages of rebreathers for technical divers. In this second part, we examine the efficacy of rebreather technology...
Many of the pieces of equipment used by technical divers look different to the equipment used by recreational divers. However, for most of the time,...
Be it a jellyfish sting or a dropped tank, any injury in or on the water can be dangerous or even life-threatening without a first-aid...
Dive trips are supposed to be fun and relaxing. Hauling lots of heavy equipment on the other hand tends to be the opposite of that...
When landlubbers ask divers the reason why they are attracted to such a hostile world, the most common answer is that beyond the discovery of...
Deep rebreather divers are not just exploring new and rarely visited dive sites, they are also entering uncharted territory when it comes to the physiological...
DAN Europe keeps detailed records of the emergencies that it handles through the 24/7 hotline and its network of diving doctors and specialists. We thought...