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The Danger of Skipping Your Pre-Dive Valve Check

No amount of eagerness to dive should ever make you skip any pre-dive safety checks. Here's what happened to one diver who learned that lesson the hard way.

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Lessons For Life: Recipe for Disaster

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Ask DAN: Commonly Asked Dive Medicine Questions

Divers Alert Network answers your questions monthly. For more in scuba diving health, fitness and medicine visit scubadiving.com

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Lessons For Life: The Missing Buddy

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