Reilly Fogarty dives into the history of CO2 absorption and illuminates the chemistry behind your rebreather’s scrubber, monitoring methods, scrubber duration, and how long you can...
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...
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,...
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....
Anyone who’s dived to 30 meters on nitrox (we don’t do air here!) is familiar with what Jacques Cousteau eloquently termed “rapture of the deep”—the result...
Having ear problems? You’re not alone! According to DAN, eustachian tubes and their associated ear injuries represent the single largest cause of dive injuries bar none....
What is the causal relationship between a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and increased inner-ear decompression sickness? Diver Alert Network’s geeky risk mitigator Reilly Fogarty explains the...
