The new Alert Diver Magazine is online!

The new Alert Diver Magazine is online!

You will find, as usual, interesting articles on Dive Medicine and important information on Dive Safety.
Alert Diver Magazine, authoritative, reliable, unbiased!

In this issue:

• Medical Line: Cardiovascular Fitness and Diving Diet and Exercise Go A Long Way,
  But Watch Your Medications, Too
• Dive Medicine: Body Composition. BMI Values Increase With Mass - Whether It’s Due to Fat or Muscle
  
• Events: DAN underwater at Legoland Germany with British scientist Lloyd Godson
  
• SPECIAL INSERT of the DAN Legal Network: “The Good Samaritan's Law across Europe”
  

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DAN DIVERS DAY in Graz, Austria on September 7th 2008

Dear Diver,


As you might have read before, DAN Europe is organising a free DAN DIVERS DAY in Austria on September 7th 2008.

Speakers for this event are internationally known DAN area directors and diving medicine experts. They will present dive safety, diving medicine, and other dive-related topics of interest to the scuba diving community in the main auditorium at the Graz University Hospital.

We are pleased to inform you that the registrations for this event are now open.

A detailed program and more info about the DAN DAY can be found on our online “events” page, or you can click here to access this page directly. You can register for this congress online, using your “MY DAN” page at our website (www.daneurope.org).

If you did not register as a user on our website yet, you will first need to do this in order to get access to your personal “MY DAN” page.

In your “MY DAN” page you will not only be able to register for this free congress, but you also will have the possibility to book one or more of the optional services like a certificate of participation, lunch packet and/or headset for the simultaneous translations (English-German, German-English).

The official language of the congress is English. Therefore the info about the congress will be available only in English and German ( the language of the country where the congress is held).

We also would like to invite you to regularly visit the event page as we will be updating the info regularly.

Please be aware that there only are 300 available seats. We recommend to book as soon as possible if you want to participate in this unique congress.

Kindest regards and hoping to see you in Graz,

DAN Europe

DAN Announces DES Quest II

DAN Challenges divers to improve their skills to become Diving Emergency Specialists

The DES Quest II has begun, time for divers to challenge themselves to dive deeper into dive education and hands-on experience in rescue. Last year more than 250 divers met the challenge: This year could be yours.

Beginning June 1, DAN is challenging all interested divers to pursue and achieve the level of Diving Emergency Specialist (DES), a training recognition program designed to commend divers who have continued their education and training in obtaining knowledge and becoming both better buddies and better divers.

To achieve the level of Diving Emergency Specialist, a diver must:

1. be a rescue-level (or higher) diver with their training agency

2. hold a current CPR and First Aid certification

3. hold a current certification in Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries (or equivalent)

4. complete three of the following:

· Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries (or equiv.)

· First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries (or equiv.)

· AEDs for Scuba Diving (or equiv.)

· On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers (or equiv.)

· Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO₂™)

The DES Quest II runs from June 1 – Dec. 31, 2007. During the Quest, when DAN is notified of a diver’s achievement of DES, that diver will receive a specially designed T-shirt and ballcap prize package. In addition, the diver will automatically be entered in a drawing for a DAN Gift Certificate worth $250^Ñ.

Plus, you’ll have the added confidence of training. Join the growing ranks of DES providers by completing the DES Quest II.

To find out more and to download an application, go to http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/news/article.asp?newsid=971