Medical Advice

DiveAssure cares about your safety. When medical questions arise and expert dive medicine consultation is needed DiveAssure contacts the physicians at Duke Dive Medicine (DDM) for their advice. DiveAssure can also assist its members and partners who have individual dive medicine inquiries by referring and coordinating timely referrals to DDM for direct consultation with a DDM. DDM’s services are free and available 24/7 worldwide for all callers.

The Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology (Duke Dive Medicine, DDM) has a long history of providing expert and up to date advice on all types of diving medical emergencies. DDM physicians are available 24/7 and direct consultations can be arranged for both individual members as well as for partner dive businesses. Toll free operators are available 24 hours a day to arrange physican-to-physican contacts and other emergency services to assure the safest and most efficient evacuation and treatment for DiveAssure’s clients. DiveAssure can also facilitate non-emergency contacts with DDM physicians for advice on non-emergent medical issues related to diving such as medical fitness to dive, if the need arises, all free of charge. Click here to read more about DDM.