Cost: $95 for dual certification from both DAN & PADI / 3 hours

This course trains the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public in recognizing possible dive related injuries and providing emergency oxygen first aid while activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and/or arranging for evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.

Learning Objectives:
• Be familiar with the signs and symptoms of major diving injuries including near drowning and decompression illnesses (arterial gas embolism and decompression sickness).

• Demonstrate proper deployment, assembly, disassembly, and use of all components of the DAN Oxygen Unit. This includes use of the demand inhalator valve / mask, constant flow (delivering oxygen at least 15 lpm), non-rebreather mask and oronasal resuscitation mask with supplemental oxygen inlet.

Materials:
• Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries student handbook (included in cost of class)
• PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider crew pak (included in cost of class)

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<

Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

Cost: $65 / 3 hours
Cost: $20 if added-on to Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

For nearly a decade, DAN has preached the benefits of providing oxygen to injured scuba divers. During that time more than 80,000 people worldwide have been trained in this first aid skill. In March of 1999, DAN Services, Inc., a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary of Divers Alert Network, launched the Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies (Aquatics) program. Its goal is to extend the life-saving skills of oxygen first aid to people who live and play in and around water.

Providing high concentrations of oxygen to near-drowning victims in the first few minutes after rescue can prevent serious or even fatal complications.

This course is designed to educate the public to recognize possible aquatic related injuries and to provide emergency oxygen first aid while activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and / or arranging for evacuation to the nearest medical facility.

Learning Objectives
• Describe the role and function of the cardiac and respiratory systems in the human body.
• Identify and describe the major causes of aquatic accidents.
• Describe the mechanisms of drowning.
• Describe the benefits to the victim of using oxygen first aid.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<
 

  Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $50 / 2 hours

This module is an advanced-level program that provides additional training for those individuals who have successfully completed the DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course within the past year (12 months). It is designed to train DAN Oxygen Providers to use the MTV-100 or a Bag Valve Mask (BVM) while providing care for a non-breathing injured diver and activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and / or arranging for evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.

Learning Objectives:
• Demonstrate how to assemble and prepare the Manually Triggered Ventilator (MTV) and Bag Valve Mask (BVM).
• State the benefits of using the Manually Triggered Ventilator (MTV) and Bag Valve Mask (BVM) for a non-breathing diver.
• Demonstrate how to provide Oxygen First Aid with the MTV resuscitator on a breathing and non-breathing diver.
• Demonstrate how to provide Oxygen First Aid with the Bag Valve Mask to a non-breathing diver.

Prerequisites:
• DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

This course does not provide complete training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or advanced airway management skills.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<
 

Cost: $65 / 3 hours

Although serious hazardous marine life injuries are rare, most divers experience minor discomfort from unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfish and other marine creatures at some point in their dive careers. Knowing how to minimize these injuries helps you reduce diver discomfort and pain.

This course provides knowledge regarding specific types of marine creature injuries and the general first aid treatment for those injuries.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify the four types of hazardous marine life injuries.
• Name aquatic animals that may inujre a diver.
• List warning signs of hazardous marine life injury.
• Describe the appropriate first aid procedure for managing hazardous marine life injuries.
• Perform and maintain a scene safety assessment.
• Perform rescue breathing for an injured diver.
• Demonstrate the techniques for controlling bleeding.
• Apply dressings and bandages to manage wounds caused by hazardous marine life.
• Demonstrate an ongoing assessment and manage shock.
• List the components of an Emergency Assistance Plan.
• Describe at least five techniques or guidelines that minimize the risk of injury from marine animals.

This course does not provide training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or scuba diving rescue.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<
 

 Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $65 / 3 hours

This entry-level course trains the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public to better recognize the warning signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and administer first aid using Basic Life Support techniques and Automated External Defibrillators while activating the local emergency medical services, (EMS) and / or arranging for evacuation to the nearest appropriate medical facility.

Learning Objectives:
• Recognize the warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest.
• Provide Basic Life Support while setting up the automated external defibrillator.
• Provide basic life support with an AED.
• Care for and maintain an AED.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<
 

 Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $65 / 3 hours
Cost: $20 if added-on to Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving

This entry-level course trains the general public to better recognize the warning signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and administer first aid using Basic Life Support techniques and Automated External Defibrillators while activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and / or arranging for evacuation to the nearest appropriate medical facility.

Learning Objectives:
• Recognize the warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest.
• Provide Basic Life Support while setting up the automated external defibrillator.
• Provide basic life support with an AED.
• Care for and maintain an AED.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<

Cost: $125 / 6 hours

This program is a lay provider course, designed to teach basic life support and first aid in five to six hours. Basic Life Support, or BLS, includes airway management skills such as the log roll and recovery position, one rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and additional skills like caring for a choking patient, controlling bleeding and caring for a patient in shock. The first aid portion of this program includes key skills such as illness and injury assessments, bandaging and splinting skills and emergency moves.

The DAN Basic Life Support provider ("DAN BLS Provider") program is designed to teach the knowledge and skills needed to provide Basic Life Support (BLS) to adult patients.

Learning Objectives:
Be able to recognize an emergency, activate the EMS and provide early BLS, while waiting for an AED or Advanced Life support to arrive at the scene of the accident.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<

 Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $175 / 8 hours
Cost: $75 if added-on to the PADI EFR Instructor course. Cost includes textbook and DAN Core Binder.

This professional-level basic life support program teaches advanced skills to dive professionals, divers who find themselves in remote situations where emergency help is not immediately available, and individuals who are involved with diving.

Learning Objectives:
• Initial assessment
• Airway management
• Breathing and ventilation
• Circulation
• Including AED use
• Control of bleeding
• Shock management
• Ongoing assessment

Skills learned in this program that set it apart from lay-provider level CPR courses include:

• Two-person CPR
• Ventilation using a bag valve mask
• Finger sweep
• Suctioning
• Cricoid pressure
• Technique for caring for an unconscious choking victim

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<
   

 Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $75 / 4 hours

This program focuses on how to obtain essential information about a diver involved in a dive emergency and what information to relay to emergency medical services.

Only medical professionals should diagnose medical conditions. The information you gather while performing a neurological assessment will be useful to help the dive physician understand the extent of the injury and how it has changed in the time it took to get the diver from the dive site to definitive care.

Learning Objectives:
• Understand and identify common warning signs of decompression illness.
• Take a dive history to determine when it is appropriate to conduct a complete On-Site Neurological Assessment.
• Use an On-Site Neurological Assessment Slate to conduct a complete On-Site Neurological Assessment.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<
 

 Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $250 / 16 hours

The DAN Diving First Aid for Professional Divers course represents training specifically designed for divers who dive as part of their job duties. It is not appropriate or designed for recreational divers. Students for this course must have an affiliation with an aquarium, commercial diving company or scientific diving operation.

The program includes the three required elements of the DEMP course (Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries, AEDs for Scuba Diving and First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries), along with workplace CPR and first aid, based on guidelines provided by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration on what that organization believes should be included in a work-place CPR and first aid course.

Since first aid skills deteriorate with time, retraining in this program is required every two years following successful completion of the course – although some local protocols and regulations require more frequent retraining. In addition, divers are encouraged to practice these and other diving skills regularly. All skills performed in an emergency should be within the scope of your training and experience.

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 Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $75 / 4 hours

When you want to know more than just basic first aid techniques, Dive Medicine for Divers is your next step. Ultimately, more knowledge and a better understanding of how our bodies react to the pressures and stresses of diving lead to safer divers as we understand our limitations and the limitations of the situation.

Created as an educational program to answer many questions divers ask, this new modular program, Dive Medicine for Divers Level 1, includes sections on fitness to dive, safety planning and basic physical examinations.

The course includes a selection of new skills and practical applications, along with lecture topics presented by a DAN Instructor Trainer or Instructor and video programs and additional self-study information.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<

 Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $75 / 4 hours

When you want to know more than just basic first aid techniques, Dive Medicine for Divers is your next step. Ultimately, more knowledge and a better understanding of how our bodies react to the pressures and stresses of diving lead to safer divers as we understand our limitations and the limitations of the situation.

Created as an educational program to answer many questions divers ask, this new modular program, Dive Medicine for Divers Level 1, includes sections on fitness to dive, safety planning and basic physical examinations.

The course includes a selection of new skills and practical applications, along with lecture topics presented by a DAN Instructor Trainer or Instructor and video programs and additional self-study information.

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<

 Course offered upon request.
 

Cost: $150 / 8 hours

DAN offers several dive-oriented first aid training programs. Because these courses are often taught independently, there is repetitive information and skills. The Diving Emergency Management Provider program allows DAN Instructors to offer an integrated program to train divers to learn the information and skills in DAN Training Programs, at a significant savings of time, but without sacrificing any skills.

After reviewing the skills and knowledge development portions of this program, the students then participate in an integrated scenario where they get the opportunity to bring together all of the skills they learned in each of the segments into a single scenario.

Course Includes:
• Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
• First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for Scuba Diving
• DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

Learning Objectives:
• Train divers to respond to dive emergencies in a single comprehensive package. This is not a new training program from DAN. Rather, it is an all-inclusive method of presenting and promoting DAN Training Programs.

Prerequisites:
• Current CPR Certification

>>Click here for more information on this course found on the DAN website.<<

 Course offered upon request.

Cost: $75 / 4 hours

The DAN Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2) system module supplements the DAN Oxygen First Aid in Scuba Diving Injuries course. Based on medical closed-circuit oxygen rebreather technology, the REMO2 device provides injured divers with high concentrations of emergency oxygen for extended periods. This training course instructs the Oxygen Provider in the use of DAN's new REMO2 system.

 Course offered upon request.

Cost: $100 / 5 hours

DAN has created a simplified version of its training courses with the non-diver in mind. The Dive Accident First Aid for Non-Divers program includes key skills from:

• Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
• First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for Scuba Diving

 Course offered upon request.

Cost: $20 application fee to DAN

Continuing education is an important way for divers to continue to hone their diving skills and improve as divers. Divers Alert Network understands the importance of being an active and involved diver who takes the time to learn about not just new dive techniques, but techniques to care for yourself and others injured in a dive accident.

To recognize this commitment to dive safety, DAN has created a recognition program called Diving Emergency Specialist. The DES designation is a way to commend divers who have sought out the training they need to be prepared buddies and safer divers.

To earn this recognition, divers must hold current certifications in:

• Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries (or equivalent)

Plus three of the following:

• Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries (or equivalent)
• First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries (or equivalent)
• AEDs for Scuba Diving (or equivalent)
• On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers (or equivalent)
• Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2™)

If you have taken a Diving Emergency Management Provider class, it must have included Advanced O2 and that must be reflected on your certification card.

You must also hold:

• a rescue-level certification or higher with your training agency; and
• current CPR and first aid certifications.

This program is open to any diver.

>>Click here for more information on this rating found on the DAN website.<<

 To receive this recognition, submit your application directly to DAN Training with photocopies
 of all the required certifications and the application fee.

Download the DES Application