L’arrêt cardiaque est l’une des principales causes de mortalité dans le monde, particulièrement en dehors du milieu hospitalier, où une reconnaissance rapide et une intervention immédiate sont essentielles à la survie.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE FILLED scuba cylinders, refilled oxygen cylinders, or boosted a gas mix are familiar with using flexible hoses. Some hoses are covered with a durable rubber or thermoplastic jacket, while others appear even sturdier with a braided stainless-steel mesh on the outside. Correctly specified hoses are rated to pressures of up to 6,000 […]
Divers Alert Network (DAN) provides the industry’s most comprehensive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid training, grounded in evidence-based practices. Our programs leverage DAN’s research and medical expertise, along with the internationally recognized guidelines established by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).
FIRES IN COMPRESSED OXYGEN EQUIPMENT are rare, even though we hear about life-threatening accidents — a rebreather fire, an emergency oxygen regulator accident, or a gas blending system fire. Several key questions arise …
Understand the critical lessons Beyond the Rescue for divers. Emergency skills are vital, but what follows is equally important.
IN THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE, we settled on the recommendation that equipment used to control any breathing gas mix containing 25 percent oxygen and above at typical scuba cylinder pressures should be designed and considered suitable for oxygen use. Possible debates aside, we’ll examine what oxygen cleaning means. How often should gear be oxygen cleaned, and […]
Most divers think about decompression in terms of depth, bottom time, ascent rates, and safety stops. But the body experiences a dive as more than just time underwater. Decompression stress […]
DAN INTRODUCED THE FIRST standardized emergency oxygen course for divers as lay providers in 1991. More people trained in oxygen delivery means that providers in dive locations worldwide need to have emergency oxygen units available. Obtaining oxygen refills, however, is an ongoing problem …
Le Divers Alert Network (DAN) gère un réseau mondial de caissons de recompression, qui consiste en une base de données de tous les caissons hyperbares ayant la capacité et la volonté de traiter les plongeurs blessés.
Une erreur de concordance entre un robinet et une bouteille a récemment entraîné une issue fatale en Europe. Ce problème peut être évité grâce à une formation formelle, spécifique à la fonction, et à une compréhension de base des robinets de bouteilles de plongée et des filetages de bouteilles.
