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Santa Claus Gets Bent
February 6th, 2024
The hospital was quiet after Christmas with many of the consultants, bar those working in emergency and tending to the wards, still being on their Christmas weekend leave. It was a lovely night to sta... Read More
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Travel Safer
February 6th, 2024
Amid the bustling season of year-end getaways, the anticipation of an overseas holiday sparks meticulous planning for travel arrangements. Amidst the excitement, it is crucial to deliberate on medical... Read More
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Delving into Learning from Unintended Outcomes
February 6th, 2024
The guide addresses a spectrum of diving professionals—from commercial and military divers to those in media and academia—acknowledging the diverse organisational context in which they operate. The go... Read More
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Helium Gas Purity: what is pure enough?
February 6th, 2024
The three gases generally used in recreational and technical diving are oxygen, nitrogen, and helium. Nitrogen is the most abundant and is usually the default gas, but no one seems concerned about its... Read More
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ESOT Calculations
February 6th, 2024
How much oxygen is too much oxygen, and how do we understand and ensure we’re not risking more harm (i.e., oxygen toxicity symptoms) than good with how we manage treatments? It should be something we ... Read More
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Team Awareness an Positioning
February 6th, 2024
The ability to face one another on ascents and descents, and to use the environment for the team's safety, enhances communication procedures and enables an appropriate chain of reactions should one te... Read More
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Diving Etiquette
February 6th, 2024
Divers want to have a good time, so if you can maintain a relaxed demeanour (despite your own fastidious habits or mild anxiety before diving), you will be doing everyone a favour. There are also ways... Read More
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In Search of Perfection
February 6th, 2024
On the North-East coast of Zanzibar, in Matemwe, you will find the friendly and professional Dive Point Zanzibar diving centre. This PADI 5 Star resort has one of the most exotic views of Mnemba Islan... Read More
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Underwater Photography with Compact Cameras
November 19th, 2023
As in nature photography, perspective and background are crucial in underwater photography. The correct exposure and the right motif are also required. If you photograph a fish’s tail fins only from b... Read More
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Surface Tows Against Current
November 19th, 2023
Divers should always keep their rescue skills fresh, a thorough understanding of the dive site, your and your buddy’s skills and equipment, and a mutually agreed upon dive plan can help prevent the ne... Read More
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To Eat or Not To Eat Fish
November 19th, 2023
While “line-caught” can refer to several methods that don’t use a net, I use the term to differentiate a single line and hook from the longline setup. Many people consider this method more sustainable... Read More
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Travel Smarter: Rental Gear
November 19th, 2023
Whatever equipment you use to dive, you need to know how to operate it before you submerge. If you have your own gear, comfort with it comes naturally over time... Read More
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Diving in Remote Destinations
November 18th, 2023
When it comes to safety, every diver considering a trip to a remote dive destination should consider whether the risk is worth the reward. Take the time to research your options, and maintain high sta... Read More
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Anatomy of a Commercial Mixed-Gas Dive
November 18th, 2023
Soon tech divers may be the only community other than military rebreather divers conducting deep mixed-gas “bounce” (surface-to-surface) dives. The trend in commercial diving (and USN surface-supplied... Read More
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River Diving
November 18th, 2023
Humans tend to be the most dangerous, both in their negligence to personal safety and in the dangers they leave behind. For centuries rivers have been the dumping grounds for trash. Broken bottles, ti... Read More
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Low Platelet count
November 18th, 2023
Decompression injuries add another dimension to bleeding risk, as bubble formation and growth cause microscopic tissue damage through mechanical tissue disruption and normal inflammatory processes.... Read More
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Going Tec.....or maybe not?
November 18th, 2023
This is perhaps the most important question of all – why do you want to go tech? Is it your dream or do you want to impress your friends? Maybe you are a ‘certification collector'? Your motivation to ... Read More
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Are rebreathers suitable for recreational divers? – Part 2
October 21st, 2023
The first advantage we looked at for the technical diver is gas duration. This is also a benefit for recreational divers. They may not be doing such long dives but for many divers their air consumptio... Read More
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Are rebreathers suitable for recreational divers? Part 1
October 21st, 2023
One of the biggest factors that comes into the decision to switch to a rebreather is costs. This has two aspects, the costs of the rebreather, including buying and maintaining it, set against the cost... Read More
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Monitoring Cardiac Health in Scuba Divers
September 27th, 2023
DAN Research’s incident analysis program has shown that approximately one-third of diving fatalities can be traced to a cardiac event, making cardiac-related issues the No. 1 cause of fatalities while... Read More
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RESEARCHER PROFILE: Petar Denoble: Solving practical issues for divers
September 27th, 2023
We need to learn more about what constitutes individual variability. Because nitrogen bubbles have a role in DCS, at least in describing the severity of decompression stress, I would like DAN’s New Bu... Read More
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Tara Panton's Cape Nudibranchs
September 17th, 2023
With the first 25 stickers freshly printed, I excitedly announced to the world that Cape Nudibranchs had been born. To my genuine surprise, the response was overwhelming - they sold like hotcakes! I s... Read More
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Weight loss for divers
September 17th, 2023
Scouting the various diving medicine websites, I was delighted to find a handful of articles that suggest that hyperoxia (high partial pressures of oxygen - ppO2) might, in fact, be beneficial for fat... Read More
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Predive Warm-Up
September 17th, 2023
Before you dive, take a moment to inventory your body. If you were sedentary on the ride out to the dive site your heart rate is probably near resting, so it is not circulating much oxygen to your mus... Read More
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