Alert Diver Category: DAN Was There for Me

While walking from the truck to a dive site entrance on Bonaire, my wife, Deborah, caught her foot under a root and hyperextended her leg when freeing herself. Falling to the ground, she exclaimed that she had broken her knee.

WHILE DESCENDING ON OUR SECOND DIVE, I was at around 60 feet when I unexpectedly started ascending rapidly to the surface.

MY HUSBAND, BARRY, AND I got our dive certifications in Cozumel, Mexico, in 1994, and since then it has been one of our favorite destinations. We spent three weeks diving […]

While diving in Cuba, a diver’s itchy rash didn’t seem immediately dire, but the condition quickly deteriorated. Seeking treatment was a complicated process, but the diagnosis was eventually skin bends.

Pain and a rash made one diver think she was having an allergic reaction to a marine sting. But when decompression sickness was suspected, she sought help. Read her story.

Don’t ignore seemingly random symptoms as they could be the result of a serious problem. One DAN member shares her story of how an uneventful dive changed her life.

On my way back to the campsite, my headlamp reflected off a pair of glowing green animal eyes, and in that split-second of distraction I lost my footing on the algae, which sent me tumbling head over heels more than 10 feet down the cliff face. I landed on my left foot with the full force of my body.

Raja Ampat refers to four main islands which are part of the larger collective area known as Bird’s Head Seascape — located in Indonesia. It is one of the world’s most biodiverse and rich tropical marine ecosystems..

Do you know free-flow procedures should an emergency situation arise? A diver calmly provided assistance to a diver who may have suffered a arterial gas embolism.

The sensations started in the left foot but symptoms spread and worsened. Although in a remote location, one diver shares their story of emergency evacuation and treatments through DAN.