Diving After Bariatric Surgery
DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.
Alert Diver Category: From the Medical Line
Are AEDs Safe in Wet Environments
DAN medics and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.
PFO Concerns in Dive Injury Treatment
If the diver is symptomatic and you are rendering care, then you need to treat the symptoms. Give them the highest concentration of oxygen available, and get them to definitive health care and treatment. Remember that many conditions show symptoms that may mimic DCS. Just because someone was diving does not mean they have a dive-related illness. When creating your emergency action plan, note the location of the nearest emergency room or where and how to access local emergency services.
Wetsuits and Urination
Urinating in a wetsuit is common for many recreational divers and is generally not harmful when exposure is limited. Immersion in water, especially cold water, triggers immersion diuresis, which shifts blood into the central circulation and increases urine production. Most divers feel that urge within minutes of entering the water.
Can I Dive with My Medical Condition?
DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.
The Nitrogen Saturation Myth
DAN medics and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.
Laryngospasm and Anxiety
Q: During dive training in the pool, I couldn’t breathe after clearing my mask with my regulator in my mouth. After surfacing, I took six to eight wheezing breaths and then […]
Diving After Lung Surgery
DAN® medics answer your questions about dive medicine.
DAN Medics Answer Your Questions About Dive Medicine
From gallstones to internet readings, here what DAN medics have to say about these topics and more. They answer your questions.
Diving After Brain Surgery
I RECENTLY UNDERWENT BRAIN SURGERY. The surgery was successful, but now part of my skull has been replaced with mesh. My neurosurgeon is brilliant but does not know how the […]
