Our medical staff often receive questions on whether diving while taking a particular medication is safe. Even though there is not a straightforward answer...
Michael Menduno offers up some sage advice on methods of cleaning and disinfecting your dive gear
With the COVID-19 pandemic easing and people slowly returning...
Audrey Cudel focuses her attention on breathing and buoyancy control and stresses the importance of a weight check when you first enter the water.
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For this video, Editorial Director Mark Evans partners up with the team from Divers Alert Network to look at recompression facilities, or more specifically,...
Following these simple steps from @DiversAlertNetwork can help reduce your risk of getting decompression sickness, commonly known as the bends or DCS.
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The @DiversAlertNetwork doctors have been looking at the risks of scuba diving while taking medication. He's everything you need to consider before getting in...
Scuba Diver Editor-in-Chief Mark Evans presents the latest information on diving with diabetes from the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
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The @DiversAlertNetwork team of doctors are back with advice about headaches and scuba diving.
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This month the DAN Blog focuses on Decompression Sickness
One hour after diving, the room started spinning…
A DAN member experiences severe dizziness, tingling and impaired balance...
Scuba Diving Emergencies DAN Column DCI, dehydration or a cardiac event
While on a diving holiday in Papua New Guinea, a diver experienced symptoms that could...
Divers Alert Network Europe (DAN Europe) has announced that it is going 'cardless' to be more environmentally friendly.
No longer will members be sent a...
Michael Menduno discusses putting DAN Europe’s ‘Pro’ Liability Insurance to work for you.
With diving season now underway in most areas, despite a slow start...
Everything you wanted to know about diving insurance but were too busy diving to ask. Alert Diver.eu contributing editor Michael Menduno asks ‘are you covered...
Cristian Pellegrini looks at diving and diabetes, and reviews the latest research and guidelines for those suffering from the disease.
For many years, the medical...
DAN Europe President and founder Alessandro Marroni addressed the current COVID-19 crisis in a message that went out to all DAN members
In these difficult...
DAN WORLD - 10 Things You Might Not Know About Decompression Illness (DCI)
Remember that the term decompression illness (DCI) includes both decompression sickness (DCS) resulting...
DAN brings you "A Quick Guide To Properly Disinfecting Dive Gear"
In light of the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), questions have arisen...
Consider this scenario for emergency evacuation
An experienced diver and his partner choose a dive destination they don’t consider remote so in the event of...
Peter Buzzacott looks at a case where a female diver ran into difficulties after getting distracted while diving.
The Diver
The diver was a 48-year-old woman...
The Diver
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....
The Diver
The diver was a 49-year-old female with over 200-lifetime dives. She had no known medical history, and didn't take any medications regularly and...
The Diver Medic is excited to announce the new EFR Instructor Authored Programme called Diving Emergency Medical Responder (DEMR) Course. The purpose of the...
Since 11 September, tighter flying regulations exist. Still, terrorist attacks occur, like the Russian airplane crash above northern Sinai a few years ago. Smuggling...
November 2015, Italy. Gabriel**, an experienced Spanish diving instructor in his 40s, travelled to Italy with his friends by car. He is enjoying his...
Divers who have epilepsy should consider all the factors of their condition before going underwater, as a seizure while diving can have serious implications...
Q: I have always wanted to try diving but have a condition called developmental co-ordination disorder (often known as dyspraxia). Apparently, I have had...
Q: Having had painful joints, muscles and nerves for years, I have just been diagnosed with hypermobility (Ehlers-Danlos) syndrome. I also have bulging discs...
Approved Medical Examiner of Divers Dr Oliver Firth answers your medical questions - this time he advises on whether thinning corneas (keratoconus) can stop...
