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Divers Alert Network unveils new video training series for Scuba Divers

Divers Alert Network® (DAN), an international scuba diving safety and training organization, announced Wednesday that it has added a new form of training - the video lecture series . The video series joins DAN’s online seminar series and its real-time webinars.  

The new video series features popular lectures given by various members of the DAN staff, with topics ranging from questions frequently asked of the DAN Medical Information department to safety issues. Each presentation is approximately 40 minutes in duration, an ideal length for those wishing to watch the lectures in a group setting such as a dive club meeting or continuing education course. 

“We’re very pleased to be able to offer these presentations as a video lecture series,” said Nicholas Bird, M.D., DAN CEO and chief medical officer. “Many of them have been given in public venues over the last year, and each has been extremely well received. The number of attendees at the live lectures demonstrated divers’ desire for the knowledge the presentations offered, and so we wanted to find a way to make that information available on a much broader scale.” 

The first video of the series is “Medications and Diving,” presented by Dr. Bird. The lecture provides an up-to-date approach to the issue of medications and diving, emphasizing a systematic approach to evaluating medical fitness to dive questions for divers who are either taking or will take medications. 

“The great thing about this video series is there’s virtually no limit to the number of topics we can cover or the number of videos in the series itself,” said Bird. “We plan to develop additions as long as divers indicate they want them, and we certainly encourage anyone with suggestions or a specific topic request to provide us feedback.” 

At least two more offerings are scheduled for release before the end of the year: “Diver Fatalities: How Good Divers Get Into Bad Trouble,” presented by Dan Orr, DAN president; and “How Good Is Your Emergency Plan?” with Marty McCafferty, DAN medical information specialist. 

“One of the best ways divers can increase their level of safety is to increase their knowledge,” said Bird. “Smart divers never stop learning. Knowing this, DAN has not and will not stop finding ways to make useful information easily accessible to divers.

Scuba Diving In Mexico | The Business Content

If you are searching for a warm, friendly country with a bit of a difference, you could do worse that add Mexico to your short list. If you are asking yourself what there is to do in Mexico, well, there is plenty of history, delicious food, culture and beautiful, beautiful, deep-blue waters. If you are searching for a bit of adventure in your holiday, scuba diving in Mexico could be it.

If you are not already a scuba diver, that is not a problem, because you can learn from square one at lots of the diving schools and diving clubs in Mexico.

However, if you want to get the most out of a diving vacation abroad, you could try to learn the fundamentals before you climb on the jet.

You see, you can learn everything in Mexico, but not a lot of schools will take you out into the sea, until it is safe for you to do go; until you were competent. This might take longer than your two weeks holiday. So if you could have the fundamentals out of the way before you went, you would enjoy sea diving more.

There are loads of diving features in Mexican waters that can be experienced by scuba divers, even novices, but one of the immense thrills that a great deal of novices crave is swimming with dolphins and turtles and this you can do in Mexican coastal waters.

However, besides these larger sea animals, there are thousands of varieties of fish: some small and some very large. There are also reefs, plants and wrecks.

One of the easiest ways of finding a reliable diving club, is to book the diving at the time you book your holiday or through the hotel whilst you arrive there.

You could also book via the Net before you set off and check on a club’s reputation by keying into a search engine: “problems with ….” or “disputes with …”, where ‘…’ is the name of the club.

If you are already holidaying in Mexico and you would like to have a try, why not ask about a local club with a decent reputation for being safe divers at the local yacht club or marina?

People who spend a great deal of time on the water and who own boats locally are sure to know someone who will take you on. They might even take you out themselves.

No matter where you go on the shoreline in Mexico, you will find scuba diving clubs and teachers, so do not let that put you off. If you do not have your own diving gear, do not worry – very few beginners have a full kit.

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