In the immediate aftermath of a diving fatality, law enforcement needs to locate an emergency contact for the accident victim. If that person’s phone is locked,...
The view among many industry insiders, Pre-RF4, was that rebreather diving has gotten safer—an improvement from the estimate that CCR divers were 5-10x more likely to...
Compared to Frenzel equalization used by freedivers, Valsalva equalization can be hard on the ears and eustachian tubes, and could cause problems for tech divers with...
In this issue of InDepth, we explore the value and efficacy of using mouthpiece retaining straps aka ‘gag straps’ to improve rebreather diving safety. Though few...
Isobaric counterdiffusion is one of those geeky, esoteric subjects that some tech programs deem of minor relevance, while others regard it as a distinct operational concern....
As every tekkie knows, helium is essential for deep diving due to the fact it’s non-narcotic and offers low breathing gas density. But it’s conceivable that...
InDepth just completed its full first year as a blog, and what a year it has been! Over the year, we’ve published 92 stories covering exploration,...
Can pre-dive conditioning with hyperbaric oxygen and dietary supplements lower your risk of decompression illness (DCI) on that big dive? Recent research suggests that it could,...
Diver Alert Network’s Reilly Fogarty examines the latest research on the mechanisms behind CNS and pulmonary oxygen toxicity to tease out what we think we know...
In this first of a two-part series, Diver Alert Network’s Reilly Fogarty examines the research that has led to our current working understanding of oxygen toxicity....
