In 1915, Warrant Gunner Stillson, United States Navy (USN) established a program to exceed the previous depth limit of 30 to 40 feet sea water (fsw). John...
The trip over went well. It is a long flight and with delays it was about 22 hours from San Francisco to Bangkok. Only minor problems on the flight with...
Thank you so much. I really hope to make it there sometime soon. There were several people on the livaboard who had been diving there and raved about it. One...
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I have noticed that both myself and others have wanted to post on topics related to scuba diving but not DCS. I have just started a new group. There is nothing...
Here's an interesting video showing a PFO repair surgery http://video.aol.com/video-detail/patent-foramen-ovale-congenital-heart- defect-repair/4141862558...
Ascending (from http://scuba.about.com/od/certificationopenwater/ht/ascending.htm ) Unfortunately, every dive has to end and when it does it's important that...
All great advice Leila. I have read quite a bit of research on the subject over the years and two things are remarkable. Divers who think they are ascending...
When divers meet their fate http://www.cdnn.info/news/article/a070723.html Powered by CDNN - CYBER DIVER News Network by FRED WESLEY FIJI (23 July 2007) --...
Title Viewpoint: the type A- and the type B-variants of Decompression Sickness. Author(s) Koch AE, Wegner-Bröse H, Warninghoff V, Deuschl G Institution German...
You can ask your questions here and get answers from a diving doctor: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ask-dr-decompression/index2.html (You'll probably have...
Summer Internships Are you a college student who is interested in diving (hyperbaric) research? Want to join a team of undersea problem-solvers? Visit the...
This article I wrote for a local diving newsletter.............. Someone is gasping for breath. Every inhalation labored sounding as if it might be their...
Carla, Thanks for the information. It is most informative and my personal conclusion is that everyone can learn something from this. Getting hit can happen...
Great read, also some great advise for the masses that haven't experienced DCS. Criticism and hate mail are from those who think they know something, but...
Thanks Jim. I feel it is important to share information. I haven't followed up with the list, but I did get a TEE test and the results were no PFO. Somewhere...
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~rvilla/safe.html Am I....Bent? First, time for another disclaimer. I am not a medical doctor or health care professional. I am also...
Hello to all...... I am on the road again and will be travelling to Australia on the 5th of July and from there flying on to Vanuatu, to participating in a...
Hi and thanks so much. I sent you a seperate email which I hope you received. I a sooooo excited to be going and can hardly wait! Here is a link to Chris...
Hi, I have now made it to Brisbane AUstralia nd am excited to be leaving for Vanuatu in a few days Here is the link to the sailing blog from Magic Roundabout ...
Hi to all, Â We were sorry to leave vanuatu but felt that we got quite a lot done. I was happy to have trained 3 new scuba divers and the amazing dives on the...
I was researching SCUBA safety on line and I ran across an interesting article that discusses the signs and symptoms (and lack of in some cases) of DCI....
Hi all, Spent a lovely week on Karkar island which is just a bbout 12 hours with our slow boat from medang. Unfortunately there hasn't been much wind so we...
Hi Jim, Thanks for the interesting link you posted. I remember an incident in a remote is land in Thailand. The female DM was helping out her instructor...
Hi to all and hope that you had some great dives and a wonderful summer. I got back from my trip about a month ago and it was trully an adventure. I loved...
The 2007 accident report is out. I haven't found a direct link to it but this will get you started. You can also sign up if you are not a DAN member....