The most common issues reported via email and the DAN Emergency Hotline are ear and sinus barotrauma, decompression sickness, and marine envenomation.
It’s important to know how to handle suspected cases of DCS. The appropriate action can make a huge difference to a diver’s chances of full recovery.
Divers don’t know they have a PFO until they are tested, and this is often following a hit with DCI. Dr Douglas Ebersole provides a great insight into PFO’s.
Even with a sound understanding of how pressure affects divers’ ears and practical knowledge of equalisation techniques, divers still experience ear problems. DAN shares a few of the most common and some tips for avoiding and managing them. Middle-Ear Barotrauma Middle-ear barotrauma (MEBT) is the most common dive injury. It occurs when pressure in the air space of the […]
A condition experienced by divers and swimmers, immersion pulmonary oedema (IPO) is the sudden development of fluid in the lungs.
After missing a cruise ship departure, a diver had no choice but to fly to meet the ship at next port – 4 hours after diving. “Should I be worried?”
Ask DAN: Vertigo. I was recently diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). If my symptoms are resolved, am I able to dive?
The experts at DAN provide advice on returning to diving after undergoing surgery – when can one safely return to diving after general surgeries?
How to treat sea urchin stings. Sea urchin puncture wounds can have a torpid evolution that perpetuates for months after the puncture.
This month we’re proud to launch a new partnership with DAN Worldwide. Each month, the DAN ® medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions. I understand that feeling tired after a dive may be a symptom of decompression sickness, but I almost always feel tired after diving. Should I be concerned? The […]
