Wearing a wedding ring is clearly a statement, yes, but, ladies and gentlemen, do you really need to wear a ring while scuba diving? Caren
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Wearing a wedding ring is clearly a statement, yes, but, ladies and gentlemen, do you really need to wear a ring while scuba diving? Caren
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
About the Bonaire Diver On a recent trip to Bonaire with his dive club, Rick (a pseudonym) was completing his fourth dive of the day,
Petar Denoble looks at PFOs, or Patent Foramen Ovale, and how they can affect divers In June 2015, in Montreal, Canada, the Undersea and Hyperbaric
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
Patrizia Vecchio recounts a salutary tale about a drift dive in Mauritius that goes horribly wrong and leaves her and her buddies adrift on the
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
Payal Razdan looks at a case where a female diver has received an octopus bite as she tried to return it to the water after
The Diver Medic is excited to announce the new EFR Instructor Authored Programme called Diving Emergency Medical Responder (DEMR) Course. The purpose of the EFR
Since 11 September, tighter flying regulations exist. Still, terrorist attacks occur, like the Russian airplane crash above northern Sinai a few years ago. Smuggling and
November 2015, Italy. Gabriel**, an experienced Spanish diving instructor in his 40s, travelled to Italy with his friends by car. He is enjoying his first
Divers who have epilepsy should consider all the factors of their condition before going underwater, as a seizure while diving can have serious implications for
Assessing vital signs (‘vitals’) is a key component of good first aid. It consists of taking a series of simple measurements that provide data about
The Diver A 40-year-old male did four rebreather dives one day from a liveaboard near Socorro Island. Maximum depths of the dives ranged from
Many divers know these three letters – DAN. The acronym stands for ‘Divers Alert Network’, and its European branch, founded in 1983 by Prof Alessandro
Q: Hi there, I am an avid diver and I have been diagnosed with ME. As little is known about ME I need to know
Q: I have just returned from a trip to Mexico, where one of our group had some sinus congestion at the beginning of the trip.
Q: My ten-year old daughter Lucy has asthma, which she’s had since birth. In her first few winters it was quite severe and she ended
Q: I’ve been diving for 30-odd years and was a smoker until five years ago (I’m now 48). Unfortunately I think I left giving up
Q: I have suffered an orbital floor fracture whilst playing rugby. My doctor has instructed me not to blow my nose due to subcutaneous emphysema
Q: I had weight loss surgery a few years ago. The procedure I had was called gastric bypass. Ironically I sold my dive gear to
Q: I’ve been stationed out in Vietnam with work for a year, and while here I’ve been enjoying all the natural pursuits the country has
Q: I am a regular blood donor and was wondering whether you could see any reasons I can’t dive? I really want to try diving
Q: Hello. I have been diving for 57 years, and I am an advanced diver and ex-instructor. I was recently diagnosed with atrial flutter and
Q: While holidaying with my daughter and grandchildren in the Maldives I was given the opportunity to dive. I had only ever snorkelled previously and
Question Over 22 years ago, when I was 19, I had a spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax. This was not related to any illness or defect, it
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 this
Q: My father is an ex-military diver, he is now 68 years old, but has kept up recreational diving for many years since he left
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 in
Q: I am off travelling and have done a lot of diving but my girlfriend has a fake tooth which is attached to the teeth
Q: I’m using these shoddy economic times and my recent redundancy as a good excuse to live out one of my dreams and travel through
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