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Why DAN
Whether it is being on the scene of an accident or witnessing a health-related emergency, most people will be involved in a crisis at some point in their lives. Are you prepared to help? Do you have the skills to respond quickly?
Developed by medical experts, DAN’s courses are easy to understand and designed to provide you with the skills and confidence you need to respond in emergency situations. DAN first aid courses prepare divers to manage injuries related to scuba diving. All courses meet the 2010 ILCOR and AHA CPR guidelines. The training can also extend to other environments. Isn’t it worth a few hours one evening or weekend to learn the skills that could save a life?
Developed by Dive Medicine Physicians and Scuba Diving Educators
Divers Alert Network is Your Dive Safety Association
Divers Alert Network is Your Dive Safety Association
DAN is Divers Alert Network, the diving industry’s largest association dedicated to scuba diving safety. Serving scuba divers for more than 30 years, DAN provides emergency assistance, medical information resources, educational opportunities and more. Whether you are just learning how to scuba dive or are a veteran of the sport, DAN has a great deal to offer you.
Dive Accident Insurance
DAN is supported by membership dues and dive accident insurance. Through its nonprofit efforts DAN first recognized the need for scuba divers to have insurance to help cover the cost of treatment for scuba diving injuries. DAN fulfilled that need by developing diving’s first dive accident insurance program, still the industry leader 25 years later.
Diver Safety Resources
One of DAN’s best-known resources is the 24-hour DAN Emergency Hotline, which stands ready every hour of the day to help scuba divers in need. But DAN offers a number of non-emergency resources as well, including the DAN Information Line, medical FAQs, online seminars and video lectures, real-time webinars, articles, quizzes, and more.
Divers Helping Divers
DAN has always been about the partnership between our organization and the scuba divers who support it. DAN Members enjoy great benefits, including TravelAssist, Alert Diver magazine, WorldCue® Planner, and access to industry-leading insurance products. But the best benefit is being a part of and supporting the largest association of scuba divers dedicated to diving safety.
DAN Courses
Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries Version 3.0
Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries Version 3.0
Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries Version 3.0
When a diving accident occurs, being able to recognize the problem and respond with the appropriate care can speed the diver's recovery and minimize lasting effects. Oxygen first aid provides needed oxygen to body tissues, enhances the elimination of inert gases such as nitrogen obtained from breathing gases, and helps shrink any gas bubbles that may have developed during ascent — bubbles that contribute to decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism. Supplemental oxygen also can help minimize or eliminate existing symptoms and reduce further injury until medical services are engaged.
First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries Version 3.0
Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries Version 3.0
Divers may experience unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfish and other marine creatures. Any time a person enters the marine environment there is a chance of being stung, bitten or cut. This course will teach you where you can expect to encounter potentially hazardous marine life and how to provide first aid when injuries occur. The more you know about the marine environment, the greater your chances of having safe, memorable dives.
Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid
Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries Version 3.0
Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid
The American Heart Association states that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provided by a bystander immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim's chance of survival. Brain death starts to occur four to six minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest if no CPR and defibrillation occurs during that time. This course will help prepare you to handle cardiovascular events and other life-threatening incidents. Meets ILCOR/AHA 2015 Guidelines.
Neurological Assessment
Diving First Aid for Professional Divers
Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid
Stroke is the third-leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability according to the American Heart Association. Decompression illness (DCI) can present as a neurological injury associated with scuba diving. Rapid recognition of and response to a suspected neurological injury, regardless of cause, can help convince
the injured person of the need for emergency oxygen and help the responder monitor the injured person's condition and report findings to emergency medical services (EMS).
Diving Emergency Management Provider
Diving First Aid for Professional Divers
Diving First Aid for Professional Divers
When a dive accident occurs, multiple things happen. Separate small problems can compound to create a larger problem. DAN's Diving Emergency Management Provider (DEMP) program prepares you to handle the kinds of multifaceted accidents that may occur. It's an easy and fast way to take four of DAN's core first-aid courses in one program.
Diving First Aid for Professional Divers
Diving First Aid for Professional Divers
Diving First Aid for Professional Divers
People who dive as a part of their job or volunteer duties often need first-aid training to manage unique situations that may occur. DAN's Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA Pro) course is designed for commercial, professional, aquarium and scientific divers, providing first-aid knowledge and skills specific to these work environments. It also provides rescue management skills for dive masters and dive instructors.
With diver safety at the forefront, DAN offers resources on
Membership & Insurance
Membership & Insurance
Membership & Insurance
DAN’s medical services are available to divers, dive professionals, and health care providers. We offer continuing medical education, an emergency hotline, medical information, physician consultations, educational programs, and a worldwide referral network of doctors who treat and evaluate divers.
Health & Medicine
Membership & Insurance
Membership & Insurance
DAN’s medical services are available to divers, dive professionals, and health care providers. We offer physician education, an emergency hotline, medical information, physician consultations, educational programs and a worldwide referral network of doctors who treat or evaluate divers.
Safety & Prevention
Membership & Insurance
Safety & Prevention
DAN’s primary mission is to assist injured recreational divers. An important secondary mission is to prevent diving injuries. As part of a global campaign to reduce dive injuries and fatalities, DAN strives to fulfill its vision of making every dive accident- and injury-free by identifying and mitigating risks associated with diving operations.
Research & Reports
Research & Reports
Safety & Prevention
Diving research began more than a century ago when diving was the exclusive domain of those who worked underwater or in pressurized environments such as tunnels. The questions that researchers had back then were just as fascinating as the questions we are asking today. Diving research always had and will always have the same objective: to make driving safer.
Education & Events
Research & Reports
Education & Events
Promoting dive safety through education is at the core of DAN’s mission. We offer first-class dive safety training and education to divers, dive professionals, dive center operators, and medical professionals around the world. DAN Instructors are among the most experienced and capable in the industry. Their passion for teaching combined with DAN’s ongoing commitment to keeping divers safe set our programs apart. Learn more about our programs below, and start making your dives safer today.