DAN

Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health of recreational scuba divers and associated with Duke University Medical Center. DAN is supported by the largest association of recreational divers in the world.Founded in 1980, DAN has served as a lifeline for the scuba industry by operating diving's only 24-hour emergency hotline, a lifesaving service for injured divers. Additionally, DAN operates a diving medical information line, conducts vital diving medical research, and develops and provides a number of educational programs for everyone from beginning divers to medical professionals.

Divers Alert Network is supported by membership dues and donations. In return, members receive a number of important benifits including $100,000 emergency medical evacuation assistance, DAN educaitonal publications, a subscription to Alert Diver magazine, and access to diving's first and foremost accident insurance coverage.

TRUST ME! From one diver to another, if you do not have DAN Membership, GET IT ASAP!

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