DAN SOUTHERN Africa’s Services to the Recreational Diving
Community
DAN is best known for its 24-Hour Diving
Emergency Hotline, the Dive Safety and Medical Information Line and its
dive-related research programs. DAN Southern Africa and its affiliates in
Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia-Pacific and America also serve the recreational
scuba community with dive first aid training programs; dive emergency oxygen
equipment; affordable dive accident cover; and books and videos about scuba
safety and health. The 24-Hour Diving Emergency Hotline at +27(0)10 209 8112
(collect) or 0800 020 111(toll free in South Africa) is DAN's premier service.
DAN Hotline staff and DAN diving physicians offer emergency consultation and
referral services to injured divers worldwide.
DAN 24-Hour Diving
Emergency Hotline with Immediate Cover Verification
In South Africa 0800 020 111 (Toll free)
Internationally +27
10 209 8112(Collect)
Dive and travel medical emergencies can happen any time. Callers
to DAN's 24-Hour Diving Emergency Hotline can reach experienced diving and
emergency medical professionals who are specially trained to handle dive and
travel medical emergencies at any time, day or night. As a DAN member, if you
(or your friend, spouse or treating physician) call DAN's Hotline with a diving
emergency, DAN can verify membership benefits and coverage right away and make
arrangements for timely evacuation, emergency medical and / or recompression
treatment.
DAN Dive Health and Safety Research
DAN's Research Department is dedicated to the study of issues
affecting divers’ health and safety. Prospective experimental research, such as
the Ascent Rate Study, is conducted in the pressure chambers at the Centre for
Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology at Duke University Medical
Centre. Field research, such as Project Dive Exploration, and the Diving with
Diabetes project, is conducted at dive locations all over the world. The
research conducted by DAN requires the use of specialized equipment, scientists,
physicians, software development and technical staffing. DAN projects are
privately funded through DAN membership and dive industry
support.
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