Eric Douglas is an author and journalist known for his thriller novels with scuba diving, environment and ocean themes. He has been a dive instructor and a diver medic and worked for PADI, DAN and has written training articles for Scuba Diving since 2008.
He is also documentarian writing stories about Moskito Indians who scuba dive for lobster and photographing Russia after the Soviet Union broke up.
Danny was having one of the greatest days of his short dive career. Conditions were perfect. Visibility seemed to go on forever. Until the grouper he had just speared knocked his regulator out of his mouth and his mask askew. Suddenly, he was in trouble.
Another case study in our Dive Training Series "Lessons For Life": A diver ignoring a nagging pain in her shoulder and neck spends some time in the chamber. What lessons can you learn from this dive accident?
Taking photographs takes a diver's life. Forgetting about everything but the picture spells danger.
Another case study in our Dive Training Series "Lessons For Life": Panic, claustrophobia and poor decision-making lead to a dive fatality.
Another case study in our Dive Training series "Lessons For Life": Far exceeding recreational limits leads to death for a new diver.
How understanding the process of clearing your ears can help you save an eardrum.
Another case study in our Dive Training series "Lessons For Life": Holding on to a speared fish causes this diver to drown.
Despite off-gassing, flying after diving worsens decompression symptoms this diver didn't recognize
Another case study in our Dive Training series "Lessons For Life": When his gear malfunctions, why didn't this diver ask for help?