DAN Members

[Gramps]

Absolute must if you plan to take up technical diving. Strongly recommended if you dive period. Jeeze, I wouldn't want to think of directly absorbing the costs of air lift and chamber rides in the event of an accident. And my wife thinks the sport is expensive now?! Of course you do your due diligence to avoid such situations such as keep yourself well hydrated, plan your dive and dive your plan, dive within your educated/trained limits, etc. But in the event you do get bent best to call in the pros...from tales I've heard dive physiology can still be fairly voodoo to the average EMT. These are the folks who are typically first on site. While it is great they are there (man, ya gotta respect those people for what they do!) it cannot be assumed they are going to have the same level of dive accident knowlege as DAN. DAN is going to assist them in making sure you get the proper care, quickly and probably most important manage the collection of all vital dive related information needed to pass along to the recompression chamber. Combined this stuff is potentially going to save your butt. And once you've done your rides and cleared, DAN should be a resource to advise you on how to proceed forward so you can hopefully return to the sport...a little singed maybe but not burned.