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FALL 2012
CALENDAR
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DIVE SLATE
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DAN Public Lecture
Series: “Effect of Delay
to Treatment of DCI”
Durham, N.C.
Dec. 5, 2012
In this free public lecture,
DAN senior research director
Dr. Petar Denoble identifies
three levels of emergency in
decompression illness (DCI),
the effects of treatment delay
on each and recommendations
for dive planning and
emergency response.
Cozumel Scuba Fest and
Photo Shootout 2012
Cozumel, Mexico
Dec. 6-9, 2012
Amid photo expeditions,
workshops and, of course,
lots of diving, DAN medical
consultant Dr. Dario Gomez
will give a presentation entitled
“
Seguridad en el Buceo y
Estadísticas de Accidentes.”
DAN Research, Education
and Medicine at Our
World-Underwater
Rosemont, Ill.
Feb. 15-17, 2013
Join DAN for seminars, a
dive-safety panel discussion
and instructor-level training
programs at the Midwest’s
largest dive expo.
For a full listing of events,
or to register for a DAN
Education program, visit
www.DAN.org/events
.
DAN Education:
Then and Now
I
n 1991 DAN® research
showed that less than
one-third of injured divers
received 100 percent
oxygen as first aid. In response,
DAN introduced the dive
industry’s first oxygen provider
program and quickly developed
a nationwide network to offer
first-aid training to scuba divers.
Since then, DAN has
updated course materials
regularly and added new
programs as more divers
sought first-aid training.
To date, DAN has trained
more than 200,000 providers
worldwide and certified DAN
Instructors in more than 100
countries; DAN Education
materials have been translated
into 16 languages.
With the release of new
Guidelines for Resuscitation
by the International Liaison
Council on Resuscitation
(
ILCOR) in the fall of 2010,
DAN began a redesign of its
diving first aid programs. The
resulting update of course
materials was the first full
revision in more than 10 years.
The revisions, which were
released this year, include
updated and expanded content,
full-color photos and graphics
and new high-definition video
support materials.
Many of the course changes
were in response to comments
received over the years from
instructors and students. Changes
include combining Oxygen First
Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
and Advanced Oxygen First Aid
for Scuba Diving Injuries into
a single course, incorporating
AED training into the Basic