Rate Your Flexibility
Flexibility is crucial for diving and makes simple tasks easier. How flexible are you? Follow these flexibility tests to rate your efforts.
Alert Diver Issue: Q4 2010
Diving Wild in Browning Pass, British Columbia
Browning Pass in British Columbia is packed with wildlife and things for divers to see. If you can handle the cool waters, you’re in for a treat at Browning Pass.
Arachnid Encounter
While vacationing in Cairns, a tourist suffered delayed-onset symptoms from a poisonous spider bite. Read more about the harrowing story and required evacuation.
Diving in Currents
Currents can by physically demanding for divers, and they can accelerate air usage. But, diving in currents can be a lot of fun! Read more about how to successfully dive in currents.
Oxygen as Definitive Treatment
Can oxygen first aid be considered a definitive treatment for post-dive symptoms? Our experts weigh in on this treatment option.
To Lie or Not to Lie?
When signing in for a dive, the medical statement can feel both burdensome and an invasion of privacy. You may want to lie. However, medical statements are an important element of dive safety.
Identifying Skin Bends
DAN Medics answer your questions about dive medicine.
Don’t Be Fooled
Relief from symptoms doesn’t always mean a cure. Read one incident of when a diver presented with a rash and received treatment for decompression sickness — but became very combative.
Field Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries
Musculoskeletal injuries can be incredibly problematic. And getting an injured person out of the water promptly is a priority. Learn how to responsibility handle musculoskeletal injuries.
Compact Cameras for Underwater Use
Compact digital camera systems are great for hobbyist photographers. Do you know what to look for?