Shake off the Dust and Return to Diving
The pandemic of 2020 forced many divers to cancel trips and take a step back from diving. As a new season opens and diving may be possible again, slowly crank up your fitness.
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Use Peer Pressure for Good
Being your own advocate can be incredibly hard and isolating when up against peer pressure. But you can find empowerment and use peer pressure as a force for good within the dive community.
Dive Business Tips: Creating a Safer Retail Shop
Now more than ever, public spaces involve some degree of risk. Here are some recommendations for improving safety in areas of your business that customers frequent.
Simple Jitters or Enduring Anxiety?
Anxiety is long lasting and does not go away as easily as stress. And mild anxiety could prevent you from diving. Learn more.
Be Aware of Unusual DCS Symptoms
Dive professionals know the common symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS), but what happens when other symptoms crop up? Would you know what to do?
Emergency Action Plans: When Things Go Wrong
Emergency action plans (EAPs) are essential risk mitigation tools for dive operators and dive professionals to limit liability and ensure the safety of divers, staff and the public. Learn how to set up an effective EAP, and download a free assessment.
Avoid the Chill
Hypothermia can affect anyone, so it’s something to be mindful of as you prepare for deeper dives, longer dives, more dives or dives in water colder than you’re used to.
Do Wildfires Affect Breathing Gas?
In 2018, DAN Research investigated the impact of wildfires on air quality around several California and Oregon dive shops, and inspected the air of recently filled cylinders. The results are still relevant today.
Environmental Considerations for Disinfection
Disinfection is critical to keep everyone healthy, but with the increase in cleaning, some are worried about environmental considerations. Can you disinfect properly and protect the environment?
Why DAN Does Not Share Chamber Availability
DAN frequently consults on care, transport and hyperbaric treatment for injured divers but does not provide chamber availability or location information. Read why and learn procedures should you need a chamber.
