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Lessons for Life

Failure to Equalize | Lessons for Life

A new diver commits a cardinal sin: ignoring ear pain during descent. Divers should equalize early and often and never brush off ear pain.

Panic Flow | Lessons for Life

A technical diver cannot be resuscitated after he rejects alternate air sources to address a free-flowing regulator.

Delayed Consequences | Lessons for Life

A diver decides breathing pure oxygen is all she needs to address DCS symptoms, impeading proper treatment.

Current Events | Lessons for Life

A diver ignores nerves to avoid losing money on an expensive dive, a risky choice that leads to a drowning incident he was lucky to survive.

A Costly Prize | Lessons for Life

DCI finds a spearfisher who puts the pursuit of a prize catch over his own safety.

Fishing for Trouble | Lessons for Life

Disaster strikes when a spearfisher neglects to watch his air supply underwater.

Beginner's Misfortune | Lessons for Life

Scuba diving without any training or understanding of dive equipment ends in disaster.

Fight or Flight | Lessons for Life

When a diver fails to handle her anxiety, blind panic turns a routine training dive into tragedy.

Fraught Flight | Lessons for Life

Ignoring mild joint pain sends a diver from the airport to a decompression chamber.