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The Importance of a Predive Safety Check
October 19th, 2020
Complacency and skipping your predive safety check or buddy check are entirely preventable factors in dive accidents. Complete all your checks before every dive. ... Read More
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Children and Diving
October 19th, 2020
Children are still developing both physically and mentally, which affects the decision about whether a young diver is fully capable or requires some modification. Some training agencies allow in-water... Read More
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Nitrogen Narcosis at shallow depths
October 19th, 2020
His gas consumption may indicate hyperventilation occurred during the dive. Without further speculation, the student will need a dive medical exam, and he should discuss this incident with a dive medi... Read More
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Oil and Particulates: Safe levels in Breathing Air at depth
October 19th, 2020
Laboratory analysis provides a good degree of accuracy but requires sending a sample, so it is a time- and money-intensive spot check. Several volatile organic compound (VOC) analysers are available f... Read More
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Dive Principles for Coping with COVID-19
October 19th, 2020
While it is sometimes tempting to pick up things underwater, divers know better. The Conus textile cone snail, for example, has a beautiful shell that invites collection, but it is also highly venomou... Read More
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Fluorescence Imaging help Identify Coral Bleaching
October 18th, 2020
Humans affect the very world we inhabit. Deforestation, fossil fuel use and environmental pollutants such as plastics and pesticides are changing our world. The oceans and the reefs within them are no... Read More
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Freediving For Science
October 18th, 2020
It is the second-deepest marine sinkhole in the world, yet it is accessible from land. Harboring coral reefs and other marine life, it is an ideal oceanic microcosm, sheltered from prevailing winds an... Read More
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Step Exercises with Cardio
October 18th, 2020
Considered a form of preventative medicine by the American College of Sports Medicine, exercise has a wide range of positive physical, mental and cognitive benefits. This timed program is designed to ... Read More
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DAN Rebreather Survey
September 16th, 2020
REBREATHER DIVERS: HAVE YOU HAD A CAUSTIC COCKTAIL? Or know someone who has? Tell us about it in this 5-minute survey so we can develop ways to prevent others from getting injured or having to experie... Read More
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DAN COVID-19 Study - Initial Survey
September 16th, 2020
WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN DAN RESEARCH? KEEP READING: DAN is looking for divers and freedivers who have recovered from a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection for a long-term study on the effects of ... Read More
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COVID-19 Travel Notice
September 16th, 2020
Air Ambulance restrictions and regulations!In the event that a member needs to be evacuated it is important to keep in mind that with the CoVid 19 pandemic all regulations and restrictions have been a... Read More
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Women in Diving: Danel Wentzel is Mermaid_Danii
September 14th, 2020
Danel Wentzel is a 21 year old, PADI Scuba Instructor and Marine biologist currently resides in Muizenberg, Cape Town. She is completing her Honours degree in Marine Biology at the University of Cape ... Read More
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Women in Diving: Zandile Ndhlovu, The Black Mermaid
August 19th, 2020
Zandile Ndhlovu recently became South Africa’s first Black PADI Freediving Instructor. She is based in Johannesburg and completed her qualifying dives at Miracle waters nears Brits. She also started h... Read More
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Women in Diving: Diving and spearfishing Diva, Jean Hattingh
August 13th, 2020
Spearfishing extraordinaire Jean Hatting talks about her experiences of diving and spearfishing.... Read More
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Women in Diving: Beth Neale, Aqua soul of freediving
August 13th, 2020
Despite her first real freedive experience being in a freezing quarry with zero visibility, she loved it! When she moved back home to South Africa, she fell more deeply in love with the underwater wor... Read More
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Women in Diving: The Salty Wanderer, Charlie Warland
August 11th, 2020
The Salty Wanderer, Charlie Warland is an Ocean enthusiast, scuba instructor and she tell us a little more about her dive life and exhilarating underwater experiences. Growing up in the landlocked, du... Read More
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Timing Exercise
August 6th, 2020
By Dr. Neal Pollock Ph.D.QuestionI regularly exercise and want to continue my routine on my vacation. I am worried about diving and exercise. Is there any information that can help me plan for both?An... Read More
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Women in Diving: Dr Sara Andreotti White Shark Researcher
August 2nd, 2020
Meet Dr Sara Andreotti. This Marine biologist and commercial diver is working to protect the Great White shark population on the South African coast.She is also one of a team of passionate divers that... Read More
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Women in Diving: Lauren Arthur, Conservationist & Natural History Story Teller
August 1st, 2020
Knowledge enhances every experience - the more you know, the more you can really appreciate something. It was an incredible experience living on an island with nothing, no fresh running water, sporadi... Read More
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New Dive Medical Forms
July 16th, 2020
After countless hours of research, discussion & collaboration between the world’s leading diving and hyperbaric medical experts, several new dive medical forms are now available.Are you a candidate en... Read More
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Guidelines for Lifelong Medical Fitness to Dive
July 16th, 2020
DURHAM, NC – July 15, 2020 – Divers Alert Network® has published a reference document to promote divers’ medical fitness to dive throughout their lives. The document, which is intended to be used by d... Read More
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Acoustic Neuroma
July 3rd, 2020
When considering diving, there are several issues to address: preexisting partial deafness and the risk of complete hearing loss due to barotrauma, physical or functional impairments that may interfer... Read More
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Hip Fractures
July 3rd, 2020
The industry standard for a return to diving after any fracture is for your doctor to release you for full and unrestricted activity, including contact sports, and then have an additional convalescent... Read More
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Diving at Altitude
July 3rd, 2020
Many dive computers have a barometer or pressure sensor that samples the pressure when you turn them on at the dive site. A drawback to this feature is it senses the pressure of only where you are.... Read More
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