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DAN® (Divers Alert Network, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health
of recreational scuba divers and associated with Duke University Medical
Center (DUMC). DAN is supported by the largest association
of recreational divers in the world more than 200,000 as of June 2000.
Founded in 1980, DAN provides both a 24-Hour Diving Emergency
Hotline and the Dive Safety and Medical Information Line, which operates
from 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Eastern Time. DAN is recognized
worldwide as an authority on the treatment of decompression illness.
DAN America is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with affiliates
in Europe, Japan, Southern Africa, Mexico and Southeast Asia,
all of which comprise the International DAN federation (IDAN).
DAN members receive dive and travel benefits, including $100,000
emergency medical evacuation assistance and a subscription to the award-
winning Alert Diver magazine. New members receive the DAN Dive and
Travel Medical Guide. DAN members can purchase up to $250,000 dive
accident insurance coverage at the most affordable rate in the dive industry,
and also the DAN Tag
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, divings only emergency ID.
DAN is the worlds largest certifying organization for emergency first aid
training and the largest distributor of emergency oxygen equipment
for the treatment of dive injuries. DAN provides funding and consulting
for recompression chambers worldwide and conducts dive research
in the field and at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental
Physiology at Duke University Medical Center.
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DAN At a Glance
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DAN Members Ask ...
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How Do My Dues Support DAN Research?
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Promoting DAN Membership to Your Students and Customers
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How Do I Use the DAN Website?
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How is DAN Supported?
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How Do I Handle a Diving Emergency?
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What About Non-Emergency Dive Medical Questions?
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How Do I Find the Answers to Dive Medical Questions
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The Diving Preferred Provider Network
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Business Membership
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What Are the Benefits of DAN Business Membership?
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The Retail Distribution Program
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The Point Incentive Program
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What is DAN Development?
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How Do I Participate in the Student Membership Program?
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DAN Training Programs & Standards
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How Do I Maintain DAN Oxygen Equipment?
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How Do I Get Oxygen Equipment Serviced?
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How Can I Get Oxygen Refills?
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What Do I Need To Teach a DAN Provider Course?
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Why Should I Be a DAN Instructor?
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What Is International DAN?
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International DAN Instructor Transfer Rules
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How Can I Become a DAN Partner in Dive Safety?
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Trademark Licensing Agreement
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Diving Emergency Telephone Numbers
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Index of Faxable DAN Forms
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The DAN Mission Statement
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Divers Alert Network (DAN), a non-profit organization,
exists to provide expert medical information and advice
for the benefit of the diving public.
DANs historical and primary function is to provide
emergency medical advice and assistance for underwater
diving injuries and to promote diving safety.
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DAN promotes and supports underwater diving research
and education, particularly as it relates to the improvement
of diving safety, medical treatment and first aid.
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DAN strives to provide the most accurate, up-to-date and
unbiased information on issues of common concern to the
diving public, primarily, but not exclusively, for diving safety.
Our Vision
DANs vision is to be the most recognized and trusted
organization worldwide in the fields of diver safety and
emergency services, health, research and education by its members,
instructors, supporters and recreational diving community at large.
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Medical Department 1-800-446-2671 or +1-919-684-2948 ext. 222
Contact It to:
medic@DiversAlertNetwork.org
Address all diving emergencies: +1-919-684-4326 (684-4DAN) collect OR +1-919-684-8111
Handle all your medical information questions
Handle all your dive injury and fatality questions
Membership Department 1-800-446-2671 or +1-919-684-2948 ext. 333
Contact It to:
member@DiversAlertNetwork.org
Sign up for DAN Membership(s)
Sign up for dive accident insurance
File an insurance claim
Upgrade your insurance
Handle all your DAN Membership needs (lost DAN card, change of address, etc.)
Training Department 1-800-446-2671 or +1-919-684-2948 ext. 555
Contact It to:
oxygen@DiversAlertNetwork.org
Get answers for your DAN Training program questions
Get answers for your DAN Instructor & Instructor Trainer processing questions
Get answers for all technical oxygen equipment questions
Find out where to get your oxygen cylinders filled
Find the closest DAN Training Programs in your area
Learn details about the latest DAN Training programs
Research Department 1-800-446-2671 or +1-919-684-2948 ext. 260
Contact It to:
research@DiversAlertNetwork.org
Learn about DAN Research projects
Sign up for the Navy Flying After Diving Study at Duke
Sign up for trips with Project Dive Exploration, the Aging Diver study and Rate of Ascent study
Learn how to collect data for Project Dive Exploration
Apply for a DAN Research Summer Internship
Industry Membership 1-877-5DAN PRO or +1-919-684-2948 ext. 295
Contact It to:
bizmember@DiversAlertNetwork.org
Handle all your DAN Business Membership needs or questions
Place your retail orders and order DAN Training materials
Cash in your points for DAN products
Purchase DAN products, oxygen equipment and DAN Training materials
Student Membership 1-877-5DAN PRO or +1-919-684-2948 ext. 295
Contact It to:
bizmember@DiversAlertNetwork.org
Get information for Retailers and Instructors
Development Department 1-800-446-2671 or +1-919-684-2948 ext. 446
Contact It to:
dan@DiversAlertNetwork.org
Make a donation for DAN via grant or foundation
Make an in-kind or a memorial gift
Find out what projects need your support
Find out how to set up a fund-raising event for DAN
Bequeath or designate a portion of your estate to DAN in your will or establish
a living or testamentary trust, with DAN as a beneficiary
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As the worlds leading dive safety organization,
Divers Alert Network, Inc. (DAN) serves the
dive community on many levels.
Medical advice, training, research and data
collecting all are part of the DAN mission to
provide expert medical information and
advice for the benefit of the diving public.
DANs historical and primary function is to
provide emergency medical advice and assis-
tance for underwater diving injuries and to
promote diving safety. Here are some areas in
which DAN strives to help divers worldwide.

24-Hour Diving Emergency Hotline
+1-919-684-4DAN
(-4326 collect)
and
+1-919-684-8111
in DAN America
and
+1-267-520-1507

in Latin America
DAN maintains a worldwide 24-hour emer-
gency telephone service 365 days a year to
provide injured divers with medical consulta-
tions and referrals. DAN responded to 2,990
emergency calls on the Hotline in fiscal year
2001. This brings the total number of emer-
gency calls fielded to 30,438 since
DAN was founded in 1980.

Dive Safety & Medical Information
Line +1-919-684-2948

(1-800-446-2671
in the United States and Canada)
DAN maintains a medical information line
to provide answers for commonly asked
questions about scuba diving medicine and
safety. DAN answers calls 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
Eastern Time (1330-0100 Greenwich Mean
Time) weekdays, except U.S. holidays.
Since 1995, when DAN began using email
inquiries via the DAN website, DAN Medical
Services has received 13,194 such inquiries
for medical information. These email inquiries,
added to the 156,750 phone inquiries for
medical information, brought the total number
of medical inquiries since 1980 to 169,944.
In FY2001, DAN medics responded to 10,347
calls for medical and safety information and
answered 3,403 email inquiries. Since the
organization was founded in 1980, DAN has
answered a grand total of 198,734 medical
emergency and informational calls.

Annual Report on Decompression
Illness and Diving Fatalities
DAN collects the details of recreational dive
injuries (decompression illness, or DCI) and
fatalities each year. Scientists at DAN analyze
this data in an effort to identify common trends
among dive injuries and diving deaths.
The reports primary goal is to understand
what factors contribute to dive injuries and
fatalities. The report is available to everyone.
Since the 2001 Report, data from Project Dive
Exploration have been included as well.
In fiscal year 2001,
DAN responded to
2,990 emergency
calls on the Hotline
and 10,347 calls for
medical and safety
information and
answered 3,403
medical inquiries
via email.
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Why Should I Join DAN?
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DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba
Diving Injuries
Begun in 1991, this program of teaching the
use of oxygen in dive emergencies is the
most popular of its kind in the world.
More than 95,000 divers and 10,700 div