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DAN members and their families can get access to a variety of services and can benefit from all-round dive support.
Alert Diver / European edition is an online magazine published in 9 languages by the DAN Europe Foundation and addressed to all divers, whose aim is to promote diving safety.
Written by recognised experts in the fields of dive medicine and emergency training, Alert Diver informs divers on a number of topics, including medical issues, research studies, accident prevention and incident insights.
DAN members and their families can get access to a variety of services and can benefit from all-round dive support.
This is the second part of a three-part series on carbon dioxide, one of the most common contributors to diving emergencies. You can find part one...
Imagine renting a car in an unfamiliar city, navigating traffic on unfamiliar roads, and then finding yourself in a heavy rainstorm — only to realize...
This is the first part of a three-part series on carbon dioxide, a common contributor to diving emergencies. Parts two and three will be published in future issues of Alert Diver. A close call Please allow me to begin with a personal story: Back in 2016, I joined a cave dive in Cenote Regina, near Tulum in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Our objective was to visit the salt water section, which runs...
Wisdom: How was the dive then? First dive since you finished your open water course, must have been pretty exciting, right? Foolishness: Oh Man… The...
Editor's note This is the last article of our Equaleasy series, which is based on a course on equalization developed in a collaboration between DAN...