DAN Mission Articles

Risk and Redundancy By Doug Stracener

Finding Your Fitness By Josh Benjamin

Fire Safety in the Dive Industry By Francois Burman, Pr. Eng, MSc. Prevention is paramount.

Understanding Our Limits By Reilly Fogarty Gerardo Bosco applies modern technologies in hyperbaric research.

Diving After Joint Replacement SurgeryDAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

Explore All Possibilities By Marty McCafferty, EMT-P, DMT

Up to the Challenge By Jim Chimiak, M.D. Cave diver Ben Reymenants discusses the challenges of rescuing young soccer players from a cave in Thailand.

Complex Exercises for the Body and Brain By Jessica B. Adams, Ph.D., and Jaime B. Adams, M.S., C.S.C.S.

A Close Call in the Caribbean By Larry Stewart

Diving in Remote Destinations By Mike Gerken

Keep Your Head By Patty Seery, MHS Situational awareness and safety fundamentals can save the day.

Lionfish Stings By Jorge Dario Gomez Castillo, M.D.

Emergency Planning: Practicing the Plan By Francois Burman, Pr. Eng, MSc.

Testing the Waters By Reilly Fogarty Understanding human physiology through diving

Heartbroken After DCS By Sarah Doyle

How the Dive Reflex Protects the Brain and HeartDAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

Scuba Diving and Life Expectancy By Peter Buzzacott, MPH, Ph.D.

Foam Rolling By Jessica B. Adams, Ph.D., and Jaime B. Adams, M.S., CSCS

Painful Swelling on a Pacific Island By Nadia Aly

Anatomy of a Commercial Mixed-Gas Dive By Michael Menduno

Table 1. Mixed-Gas Bounce Dive Comparison

Be Informed, and Stay Calm By Sheila Koenig

Nitrox Diving Safety By Peter Buzzacott, Ph.D., MPH

Emergency Planning: What Makes a Good Plan? By Francois Burman, Pr. Eng, MSc.

What Did I Do Wrong? By Rebecca Roddenberry

Diving After DCSDAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

The Future of Dive Medicine By Peter Buzzacott, Ph.D., MPH

Stand-Up Paddleboard Yoga By Jessica B. Adams, Ph.D., and Katrina Hayes-Macaluso

Better Safe Than Sorry By Sharon Gallmon

Dive Skills for Underwater Photographers By Stephen Frink

Emergency Planning: Why Do We Need It? By Francois Burman, Pr. Eng, MSc.

Catastrophic Regulator Failure By Peter Buzzacott, MPH, Ph.D.

CPR Training Pays Off By John Hullverson

Dealing with Disaster By Reilly Fogarty

Who to Call First: DAN or EMS?DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.

Measuring the Unknown By Reilly Fogarty Virginie Papadopoulou pushes the limits of bubble science.

Assessing and Assisting Florida’s Coral Reef After Hurricane Irma By Beth Dieveney, Gena Parsons, Tom Moore and Shay Viehman

A Rash in Roatan By Rosanne “Cookie” DelBiondo

Suspension Training for Swim Fitness By Abbie Fish

It’s the Little Things By Craig Passeno

Prepare for Safe Dive Travel By Frances Smith and Jocelyn Joseph

When Things Go Wrong By Francois Burman, Pr. Eng, MSc. Emergency action plans

The Race to Save the Greatest Library on Earth By Michael Menduno Explorer and ichthyologist Richard Pyle, Ph.D.

An Unexpected Earplug By Marty McCafferty

Diving After Bariatric SurgeryDAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.

Diving and Hepatitis C By Jim Chimiak, M.D.

Introducing Battle Ropes By Jessica B. Adams, Ph.D., and Jaime B. Adams, M.S., CSCS

Paralyzed in Grenada By Deborah Newman

Silence Beneath a White Ceiling By Jeffrey Bozanic Testing rebreathers for the U.S. Antarctic Program

Antarctic Bonus Photo Gallery By Jeffrey Bozanic

Escape from the Bubble Cloud By Rob Waterfield