Diving First Aid for Professional Divers Course

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.

Objectives
The objective of first aid is to establish and/or maintain the life of an injured or ill person until assistance (generally, emergency medical services — EMS) arrives or becomes available at the scene.

Skill Performance Objectives
Knowledge and Skill development topics in this program include:

* Scene Safety Assessment
* Initial Assessment
* Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
* Using an AED
* Choking
* Control of Bleeding
* Bandaging/Splinting
* Oxygen Equipment Identification
* Using a DAN Demand Valve
* Delivering Oxygen with a non-rebreather mask
* Delivering oxygen as part of CPR using a DAN mask
* Oxygen Equipment Assembly and Disassembly
* Shock Management
* Secondary Assessment
* Management of wounds from hazardous marine life
* Pressure Immobilization technique
* Poisonings (discussion topic)
* Burns (discussion topic)
* Emergency Moves
* Temperature Extremes (discussion topic)
* Medical Emergencies (discussion topic)