Alert Diver Issue: Q4 2015

End-of-Life Care

November 1, 2015  Richard Fortin

DAN’s Basic Life Support and First Aid course teaches how to keep people alive during an emergency. However, those skills are translatable in other scenarios, like palliative care.

Hospitalized woman closes her eyes to sleep

Tasmania

November 1, 2015  Brandon Cole

Tasmania is marketed as a place “like nowhere else on Earth” — and that is no exaggeration. Read one diver’s experiences of diving and exploring Tasmania.

Diver approaches red seadragon

Good Fortune After Bad

November 1, 2015  James M. Chimiak, M.D.

A diver experienced nausea, vomiting and other severe symptoms hours after a dive. Read more about the incident and how it was handled.

Diver approaches a giant ray