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Diving injury investigation - new DAN report

Listen to this article Divers Alert Network has been monitoring diving injuries and accidents for over 30 years. In an article published in the prestigious British medical journal Public Health, a team of DAN scientists led by Petar Denoble and Peter Buzzacott, estimated the risk of death during recreational diving at less than 2 cases

ByTomasz Andrukajtis

Published: February 24, 2018 - 14:21

Updated: July 22, 2023 - 16:29

Diving injury investigation – new DAN report

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Divers Alert Network has been monitoring diving injuries and accidents for over 30 years. In an article published in the prestigious British medical journal Public Health, a team of DAN scientists led by Petar Denoble and Peter Buzzacott, estimated the risk of death during recreational diving at less than 2 cases per million dives.

Researchers have found that one in 10,000 emergency department visits was due to a diving-related accident. Buzzacott, director of accident monitoring and prevention at DAN, said:

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[blockquote style=”2″] “This is an important reason why DAN runs a 24-hour medical hotline: to help not only injured divers, but also medical staff who may not see a diving injury and may not have the experience in this area that our medical team has.”[/blockquote]

The study involved 380,000 surveyed diving participants and 563 deaths in the USA over a 10-year period. Despite the fact that the results of the study are reassuring and one can venture to say that at the moment recreational diving counts as a very safe sport. DAN President and CEO Bill Ziefle notes:

[blockquote style=”2″]”DAN’s vision is for every dive to be accident and injury free. We will continue to monitor diving accidents and safety and promote safe practices in diving communities around the world.”[/blockquote]

The full report was published today here.

Source: Divers Alert Network

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Tomasz Andrukajtis

Editor-in-chief of the DIVERS24 portal and magazine. Responsible for obtaining, translating and developing content. He also supervises all publications. Achived his first diving certification – P1 CMAS, in 2000. Has a degree in journalism and social communication. In the diving industry since 2008.