What Drowning Really Looks Like
Drowning is not splashing about like you see in film and television. Learn the cues so you’re prepared next time you’re in the water.
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Decompression Sickness While Freediving
Decompression sickness is a rarity in freediving. But one diver failed to see the signs and fully understand the seriousness of DCS.
Supporting Those Who Serve Underwater
David Fothergill’s research helps divers and submariners. He specializes in diving physiology before his focus broadened to include submariners and submarine medicine at Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) based at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut.
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Cardiovascular Disease and Diving
DAN® medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions on cardiovascular disease and diving.
Keep Calm, and Be Prepared
Dive courses often prepare you for marine life stings. But are you prepared to treat insect stings? Thanks to emergency training, a scuba instructor was able to assist a woman who had a bee allergy.
Shooter: Jill Heinerth
Jill Heinerth is a world-class cave diver who shoots both still photographs and video. She prides herself on storytelling and loves being in the water.
Working with Freedivers
Photographing humans underwater is unique because you are not capturing them in their natural habitat, which presents an enormous set of challenges, the biggest of which are the responsibilities and risks involved in breath-hold diving.
Dauin Diversity
Dauin is a peaceful beach village about 30 minutes by car from Dumaguete City (and its airport), and the area also features near the top of Philippine must-dive lists.
Makos Matter
Often caught accidentally when fishing for tuna or marlin, mako shark populations are in serious trouble. But, demand for their prized fins and meat continue to drive commercial fishers to retain and kill them.
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