Divers Alert Network

International Divers Alert Network
AbbreviationIDAN
PurposeScuba diving safety
HeadquartersDurham, North Carolina
Location
  • 6 West Colony Place
    Durham, NC 27705
    United States
Region served
Worldwide, in cooperation with associates.
  • DAN Asia Pacific
  • DAN Brasil
  • DAN Europe
  • DAN Japan
  • DAN Southern Africa

Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a group of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to improving diving safety for all divers. It was founded in Durham, North Carolina, United States, in 1980 at Duke University providing 24/7 telephonic hot-line diving medical assistance. Since then the organization has expanded globally and now has independent regional organizations in North America, Europe, Japan, Asia-Pacific and Southern Africa.[1]

The DAN group of organizations provide similar services, some only to members, and others to any person on request. Member services usually include a diving accident hot-line, and diving accident and travel insurance. Services to the general public usually include diving medical advice and training in first aid for diving accidents. DAN America and DAN Europe maintain databases on diving accidents, treatment and fatalities, and crowd-sourced databases on dive profiles uploaded by volunteers which are used for ongoing research programmes. They publish research results and collaborate with other organizations on projects of common interest.

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