Health & Safety

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Gerald Malaussena (© Clément Gouget / French Polar Institute)
How Antarctic scuba diver’s body was found
US marines rescued: Ukun Beach, Miyagi
US Marine scuba divers rescued from rocks
The Amejara dive-boat
Philippine Coast Guard search for 11 missing divers
Yellow submarine (DownUnder Diving)
Yellow sub hits one dive-boat, has cable cut by another
Basin of Font-Estramar cave system (Swisscoucou)
Diver lost in French caves posed challenge for rescuers
Antarctic diver found: Dumont d'Urville research station in the Antarctic (Samuel Blanc)
Scientific diver goes missing in Antarctica
Elaine & Macolm Richmond on holiday in the Maldives
Pensioners die after Maldives scuba incident
Canadian maritime archaeologist Robert Grenier
Diver and San Juan shipwreck-finder Grenier dies
Dorsch Beach, St Croix where a snorkeller died (Google Maps)
Snorkeller dies after losing arm to shark
US Coast Guard rescue three divers off Florida coast
Separated divers’ SOS brings boats to rescue
Diver Darrel Pascoe
British diver died from burst lung in Malta
Segara Beach, Tulamben
Australian scuba diver dies in Bali incident
Fire on the Maldives liveaboard Yasawa Princess (Deep Blue Dive Centers)
Maldives liveaboard divers and crew escape blaze
Tim Bennett (Cairns Marine)
Search for fish-collector CCR diver called off
Elwyn Gates at work (Gates Underwater Systems)
Diver and camera pioneer Elwyn Gates dies
Former divemaster Peter Meagher: 'A familiar, friendly face to many'
Divemaster among Bondi Beach shooting victims
Letterkenny Courthouse, County Donegal (Max Pride)
Irish diver’s death down to natural causes
Blacktip reef shark (Charles J Sharp)
Trapped shark bites diver trying to help it
Vandenberg wreck (US Navy)
Female diver missing after Vandenberg wreck separation
Conception (Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office)
Dive-boat captain’s manslaughter appeal ‘hair-splitting’
Bernie Campoli
In memory of Bernie Campoli, Photographer/Diver extraordinary
French scuba diver Daniel Mercier
Antibes Underwater Festival creator Mercier dies
The missing man: Army Specialist Amanpreet Thind
Missing soldier’s sister sends appeal to scuba divers
Approach to Tank Cave entrance (Google Maps)
Diver dies in South Australia’s Tank Cave
Crowdy Bay (NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service)
Woman dies, man hurt in rare shark incident
Lottin Point, North Island, New Zealand
‘It got me’: Solo scuba diver’s last words
The Seaphoria liveaboard
Another diving liveaboard grounds in Red Sea
Vandenberg wreck (US Navy)
Diver dies after incident on Vandenberg wreck
Eastbourne, New Zealand (Phillip Capper)
‘Domino effect’ killed NZ scuba diver
Dylan Harrison
First eyewitness account of Dylan’s fatal dive
The latest report is out (Simon Rogerson)
12 diver deaths but positives too in latest incident report
Hurricane on fire (Fawzy Tameir)
Dive-boat fire: Coroner slams lack of evidence
William Armstrong being sworn in as Assistant Chief Deputy Sheriff in 2024
Dylan’s dive instructor had worked previous 24 hours
Diver's body found: Imrich Magyer (North Wales Police)
Drowned solo diver had ‘dangerous’ reg set-up
The diver who went missing: Steve Clowes
Upgrade lifeboat search-tools: Widow seeks divers’ help
The Royal Evolution liveaboard at Abu Dabbab (John Southill)
Red Sea liveaboard gets stuck at Abu Dabbab
ScubaToys store
‘We can kill 2 people a year’: ScubaToys remarks caught on video
Dylan Harrison
Fall-out continues from Dylan’s diving death
The Scapa dive-boat Karin
DSMB warning after ‘avoidable’ Scapa diver prop death
Dylan Harrison
Dive-computer evidence ignored after 12yr-old’s death
Diver with a Nautilus lifeLine Personal Locator Beacon (Steve Warren)
Divers get second say on locator beacons
Ask DAN diving medical advice – expert answers on equalisation, dizziness and diving safety.
Ask DAN: Equalisation and Dizziness in Diving
Experienced cave- and technical diver Luca Pedrali
Sardinia cave-dive is last for record diver Pedrali
The new Falmouth lifeboat (RNLI / Simon Culliford)
Two scuba divers rescued off Lizard
Diver death: Dwejra Bay, Gozo (Bogdan Giușcă)
German scuba diver dies on Gozo
Diving injuries and illnesses - DAN medical services
Top 3 Diving Injuries and Illnesses: Symptoms, Causes & How to Treat Them
Noted marine biologist Dr Mauricio Hoyos (OOWC)
Shark injures diver’s head at remote Cocos
Ask DAN logo for scuba diving health and safety advice
Ask DAN: wetsuit dizziness and nausea (and how to prevent it)
Great Barrier Reef (Lukem99)
Dive-boat crew ignored warnings about missing Brit 
Walaa Hafez with his family and the world record certification
‘Egyptian Whale’ sets 2nd endurance dive record
Diver death: Quang Tri beach (Upyernoz)
DCI kills Vietnamese diver, hospitalises buddy
A diver had apparently run out of air and was panicking
An Emergency Ascent Just In Time: A Real-Life Rescue
Lesson's learned|©Stephen Frink
Lesson’s Learned
Michael Menduno
Tech-diving pioneer Menduno suffers stroke
Houton, Orkney (Colin Smith)
Diver dies in Orkney
Divers die: Manza Point, Onna (OIST)
Two divers die in Okinawa cave
Diving takes place from Ploče Beach (Diving Centre Plaza Ploče)
Serbian arrested after dive-tank explosion
Puget Sound at Redondo Beach (Joe Mabel)
Diver dies on Puget Sound night-dive
Diving takes place from Ploče Beach (Diving Centre Plaza Ploče)
Boy loses hand after scuba-tank explosion
(Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations)
24hr drift-dive for abandoned Russian official
First responders attend to the diver
Diver dies after exploring Taiwan bat cave
Palm Beach Inlet. (Picture: David Broad)
Diver prop death: ‘Reckless’ captain gets 8 years
Sarangani, Mindanao (Michael E Peligro)
Philippine Navy divers die while taking a break
Dive-guide Zepeda in hospital
Injured dive-guide’s heroism prompts appeal
Dive-guide injured: Looking out to sea in west Cozumel (Felipe de la Fuente Díaz)
Dive-guide critical after boat-prop incident
Dive-related altercation in Semporna
Dive instructor lashes out over toppled tank
Divers die: Busan port in Changwon (Iwy)
3 divers ‘pass out simultaneously’ in Korea
Brent Slough with his wife Whitney and daughters Layla and Emma
Bahamas police arrest pair after speedboat hit-and-run 

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