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Dealing With the Unexpected
Situational awareness and safety fundamentals can save the day. When conditions took an abrupt and unexpected turn during an exotic warm-water dive, our dive leader decided...
27 August 2024
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Decompression Illness Following Two Nitrox Dives
The Incident A dive instructor who lives in Dubai, UAE made two local dives on nitrox 32%. The first dive was to 30 metres for 37...
20 May 2022
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Ear Barotrauma Following A Local Lake Dive
The Incident A Finnish diver and her dive buddy were making their first dive of the day in Lake Vesijako, Finland in their drysuits. They descended...
06 December 2021
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Island Fever
The Diver The diver was a 49-year-old female with more than 200 lifetime dives. She had no known medical history, took no medications regularly and was...
13 October 2020
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Diary on a Case of Inner Ear Barotrauma
August 31 Finally, time to depart! Two days of diving activities in Croatia await me. Our group is composed of three Open Water divers (one of...
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25 August 2019
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DCS in the Maldives
Imagine enjoying a well-deserved holiday on the exotic Maldives and being able to go on diving trips to see the beautiful coral reefs…This is what...
18 August 2019
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When Things Go Wrong
History teaches us that accidents are always possible; thus, we should have plans in place to mitigate them. Clients as well as staff, bystanders, dive...
31 January 2019
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An Unexpected Earplug
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...
19 January 2018
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Distracted While Diving
The Diver The diver was a 48-year-old woman who was open-water certified 20 years ago, but had not dived since then. She had recently taken a...
06 November 2017
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Sea Lion Bite
The Diver The diver was a 67-year-old male with 35 years of diving experience. The Incident Early one afternoon near La Paz, Mexico, at Los Islotes, a popular...
18 August 2016
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Mauritius: an adventure of survival
It was my first time travelling alone on a scuba-diving holiday in Mauritius. During my two-week stay, I lived at an unassuming hotel in the Grand...
21 July 2016
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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
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