Contents

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• FOREWORD
• Section 1. DIVING FATALITIES
  Petar Denoble, James Caruso, Craig Nelson, James Chimiak, Jeanette Moore, and Frauke Tillmans.
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS
  • ANALYSIS OF SITUATIONS AND HAZARDS
  • TRIGGERS, MECHANISMS OF INJURIES, DISABLING INJURIES AND CAUSES OF DEATH
  • CAUSES OF DEATHS
  • DISABLING INJURIES
  • DROWNING AS DISABLING INJURY AND CAUSE OF DEATH
  • MECHANISMS OF INJURIES AND TRIGGERS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
• Section 2. DIVING INJURIES
  Matias Nochetto, Camilo Saraiva, and James M Chimiak.
  • MEDICAL SERVICES CALL CENTER (MSCC)
  • HOW DAN ASSISTS WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF DIVING INJURIES
  • SELECTED 2018 CASES
  • REFERENCES
• Section 3. INTERNATIONAL DATA
  John Lippmann, Alessandro Marroni, Marta Marrocco, Yasushi Kojima, Akiko Kojima, Dinesh Ariyadewa, and Catherine Harris.
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DAN EUROPE
  • DAN SOUTHERN AFRICA
  • OTHER AGENCIES
  • DAN EUROPE HOTLINE AND CLAIMS REPORT
  • DIVING ACCIDENTS IN AUSTRALIA
    John Lippman.
  • RECREATIONAL SCUBA DIVING FATALITIES IN JAPAN
    DAN Japan.
• Section 4. BREATH-HOLD DIVING
  Grant Dong, Rhiannon Brenner, Catherine Harris, Elizabeth Helfrich, and Frauke Tillmans.
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DAN’S CURRENT RESEARCH AND COLLABORATIONS ON FREEDIVING
  • OVERVIEW OF CASES
  • ACTIVITIES WHILE BREATH-HOLD DIVING
  • SELECTED BREATH-HOLD CASES:
  • REFERENCES
• Section 5. INJURY MONITORING: DAN Research in the age of ‘Big Data’
  Peter Buzzacott, Anna Maese, Tara Nowrowski, Leah Potts, and Frauke Tillmans.
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WORKING WITH BIG DATA
  • THE FUTURE OF BIG DATA
  • REFERENCES
• 6. APPENDIX A: DIVING EQUIPMENT FAILURES: A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF SELECTED EQUIPMENT RELATED CASES JUNE 2017 TO JUNE 2020
  DAN SAFETY SERVICES; and Francois Burman.
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ASSUMED CAUSES
  • REPORTED FAILURES AND ACCIDENTS
  • MECHANICAL FAILURES
  • OXYGEN FIRES
  • HUMAN ERRORS
  • FINAL WORDS
  • REFERENCES
• 7. APPENDIX B: Training and education
  DAN SAFETY SERVICES; and Jim Gunderson.
  • INTRODUCTION
  • INDIVIDUAL COURSES
  • COMBINATION COURSES
  • DAN CPR AND FIRST AID (BLS)
  • OTHER SAFETY PROGRAMS
• 8. APPENDIX C. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT: CARDIAC HEALTH IN DIVING: INCIDENCE OF CARDIAC ARRYTHMIAS AND LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN RECREATIONAL SCUBA DIVER
  Peter Buzzacott, George Anderson, Frauke Tillmans, James Grier, and Petar Denoble.
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CURRENT RESEARCH
  • NEXT STEPS AND OTHER PROJECTS
  • REFERENCES
• 9. APPENDIX D. PUBLICATIONS 2018
  Jeanette Moore.
  • REFEREED ARTICLES (PRIMARY LITERATURE)
  • NON-REFEREED ARTICLES
  • NON-REFEREED LETTERS
• 10. APPENDIX E. PRESENTATIONS 2018
  Jeannette Moore.