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Six o’clock news 5 Jun 2011 | 12:31 pm
This morning as we were getting started, a member of the National Congress entered our training and spoke for a few minutes. But more importantly, he listened for a while. He wanted to hear what we we...
“We plan to use this information…” 4 Jun 2011 | 11:58 am
“We plan to use this information to have fewer injuries among the divers this year.” That is what two of the older boat captains said to me as they left our training today. Wow. Pretty incredible feel...
Boat captains 3 Jun 2011 | 01:55 pm
Today, Dr. Elmer Mejia and I spent more than 8 hours talking to a group of 18 boat captains about oxygen first aid, the causes of diving injuries and how to better care for their divers. And the amazi...
Lobster Symposium 2 Jun 2011 | 01:12 pm
More than 150 people attended the opening presentation of the “Symposium of Spiny Lobster” that began today in La Ceiba, Honduras. The meeting is all about the sustainability of the lobster harvest, t...
Full circle 1 Jun 2011 | 01:42 pm
The sights, sounds and smells of a place like this come back quickly when you step outside. The semi-controlled chaos on the streets, the brush fires set to clear away growth from the fields, the odd ...
DAN Interns prep to improve dive safety 25 May 2011 | 03:46 am
Stefanie, Jenna and Christa practice CPR from the DAN Basic Life Support and First Aid course. Each year DAN research interns come to DAN headquarters in Durham, NC, ready to make a difference in div...
New look and feel 6 May 2011 | 01:39 am
With everything else going on at DAN (and there is a lot going on), we are still making progress on the course revision project. And at this stage, several things are going on simultaneously. We’ve c...
DAN Continuing Medical Education course prepares physicians 26 Apr 2011 | 06:31 am
Last week, DAN Education and Research staff, along with additional faculty from the University of San Diego, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of New South Wales, Australia conducted ...
DMT class wraps up 9 Apr 2011 | 08:05 am
While the DAN Education Department is deeply involved in the process of revising the course materials, it doesn’t mean we’ve stopped our other activities. Scott Smith, DAN Education Programs Manager,...
15 for 15 25 Mar 2011 | 05:42 am
Wow! We made it. A few months ago, we began the planning process for 15 shooting days over four weeks in February and March to revise the DAN training program videos. We knew it would be tough. And e...
