PADI Club Benefits
DAN Helps PADI® Club Members Explore Safely Enjoy These Valuable Resources From DAN, Your Dive Safety Association® 24/7 Emergency Hotline DAN’s Emergency Hotline is staffed by a team of doctors, […]
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Can You Recognize IPE?
Pulmonary edema is an abnormal leakage of fluid from the bloodstream into the alveoli, the microscopic air sacs in the lungs. It is most often the result of heart failure […]
Autism and Diving
My son is on the autism spectrum and wants to learn how to scuba dive. Will his autism be a problem? Every autistic person is unique and must be evaluated […]
DAN Dispatch: New Annual Diving Report Available
THE NEWEST EDITION OF DAN’S ANNUAL DIVING REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE. While the release of the 2020 report was delayed, it offers fascinating insights, statistics, and case summaries of recreational dive incidents and fatalities that occurred in 2018.
Denial and Delayed Treatment
A diver completed eleven dives over seven days and felt dizzy approximately forty minutes after the last dive.
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 […]
Sherri Ferguson
SHERRI FERGUSON, MSC, IS THE LAB MANAGER at Simon Fraser University’s hyperbaric chamber, located at an altitude of 1,200 feet (366 meters) on Burnaby Mountain in the outskirts of Vancouver, […]
TRAVELERS MEDICAL GUIDE 1.08 Planning and Preparedness–Fitness to Dive
Fitness to dive Fitness to dive includes physical fitness to exercise as well as medical fitness. Physical Fitness Major components of physical fitness are mobility, aerobic capacity, strength, balance and […]
TRAVELERS MEDICAL GUIDE 1.03 Planning and Preparedness–Common Causes of Death Among Travelers
Common Causes of Death Among Travelers Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among travelers abroad, accounting for nearly 50 percent of all deaths and the most deaths in […]
TRAVELERS MEDICAL GUIDE 5.1 Travel-Related Injuries–Exposure-Related Injuries
Exposure-Related Injuries –HYPERTHERMIA AND HYPOTHERMIA The opportunity to enjoy the scenic splendor of the great outdoors is one of the major attractions of traveling, but it comes with a risk of […]