Diving First Responder (DFR)
The DAN Diving First Responder course is the most comprehensive training package and combines Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries, Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries, Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for Scuba Diving and First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries. This program integrates the four courses, saving time without sacrificing any of the skills.
What will I need to start?
Prospective students need current certification in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
Oxygen is vital for most life on earth, but it can also be a killer. The gas makes up 21 per cent of the air that we breathe, but at stronger concentrations is very reactive and can cause fires and explosions. In fact enriched air, where the oxygen concentration is greater than 21 percent, can be toxic if breathed at the pressures associated with recreational diving.
Join Galaxsea Divers on this DAN course to learn how to safely handle such a hazardous gas and discover how its speedy administration could ease a diver’s injuries, or even save their life.
The DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course is designed to train and educate divers and other interested people in using oxygen as first aid for a suspected dive injury - it is not intended to train lay persons to use oxygen to treat the general public. Although the medical standards and equipment are the same regarding the emergency use of oxygen for both divers and non-divers, the DAN Oxygen Provider course does not prepare individuals to treat injured members of the general public with emergency oxygen.
What will I do?
The DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course consists of knowledge development, skills development and assessment.
In the classroom you will learn how to recognise the symptoms of dive-related injuries and be confident and competent to help.
You will practice using different techniques to provide emergency oxygen first aid appropriate for the patient’s condition, and learn how to contact the emergency services with the necessary details.
By the end of the course you will:
• be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of major diving injuries including near drowning and decompression illnesses.
• be able to demonstrate the correct deployment, assembly, and use of all components of the DAN oxygen unit. This includes competence in using the range of masks to treat minor to more severe conditions.
• be able to demonstrate skill and confidence while providing emergency oxygen to simulated injured divers.
DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
Once you have mastered the DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course, you can increase you knowledge and skills on the DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course.
Join Galaxsea Divers to learn the techniques you need to become confident and competent in helping a diver who is not breathing.
This course is limited to training qualified DAN oxygen providers to provide first aid for non-breathing divers, using the MTV and bag valve mask (BVM) equipment. It does not provide complete training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or advanced airway management skills.
What will I do?
The DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course consists of knowledge development, skills development and assessment.
Your instructor will review and refresh your cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills, before teaching you to assemble and use the manually triggered valve (MTV) and bag valve mask (BVM) to provide oxygen first aid to a non-breathing diver.
You will learn the benefits of using this equipment, when it is appropriate to use it, and repeatedly practice until you are confident and competent using it.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
• be able to inspect the MTV and bag valve mask and determine readiness for use.
• outline the circumstances for using the MTV and bag valve mask.
• list the directions for ventilations with the MTV and bag valve mask.
• list the potential problems associated with the use of the MTV and bag valve mask.
• list the considerations for effective ventilations with the MTV and bag valve mask.
• describe the characteristics of effective ventilation using the MTV or bag valve mask.
• explain the steps to follow for cleaning, disinfecting and maintenance of the MTV and bag valve mask.
• disassemble and reassemble the MTV and bag valve mask.
• demonstrate the correct technique for testing the MTV and bag valve mask.
• demonstrate the correct technique for using the MTV 100 and bag valve mask to resuscitate non-breathing divers on a mannequin.
• demonstrate the correct technique for using the MTV 100 to provide oxygen to breathing divers.
DAN Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving
When anyone suffers a heart attack they need help from someone trained in first aid as soon as possible. If this happens in remote location, as often dive sites are, it may take the emergency services some time to get to a patient. Therefore learning some first aid skills and having the confidence to use them could keep a casualty alive until the professionals can take over.
Join Galaxsea Divers on the DAN Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving course to learn how to spot the signs of a heart attack and master the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) that give a casualty a much better chance of survival.
This course is designed to train and educate divers, and others, in the techniques of using an AED for those suffering cardiac arrest.
What do I need to start?
The course is open to anybody, but candidates should have completed a first aid course such as the DAN Basic Life Support programme.
What will I do?
The DAN Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving course consists of knowledge development, skills development and assessment.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills and basic life support techniques will be reviewed and refreshed.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
• recognise 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
DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
The marine world is home to all sorts of wonderful plants and animals, and observing and interacting with them is all part of the fun of diving.
Although divers are encouraged never to touch the wildlife, accidents can happen.
Most injuries occur when divers get far too close to an organism’s defences.
Clumsily brushing a hand against a sea urchin's spines is a common mistake, and at Galaxsea Divers you can learn how to treat this and other more serious injuries.
You will be taught how to identify marine life that could harm you, and how to avoid getting injured. The course is also open to non-divers.
What will I do?
The DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries course consists of knowledge development, skills development and assessment.
The knowledge development section will teach to identity hazardous marine life, learn how to provide first aid for such injuries, and review CPR .
The course will also improve your diving skills to avoid injuries from sea creatures.
In the hands-on skills development section your instructor will guide you to apply what you have learnt in the knowledge development section.
By the end of the course you will:
• be confident in performing the first aid skills.
• be able to Identify different types of hazardous marine life including jellyfish stings, fish with venomous spines, blue-ringed octopus, sea snakes and many more.
• be able to recognise the warning signs of when an animal may bite.
• be able to describe the appropriate first aid treatment for dealing with venomous and non-venomous bites, irritations and other brushes with aquatic life.
• be able to recognise two common types of seafood poisonings and name fish that can cause seafood poisoning. You will be able to spot the symptoms and have the first aid skills for managing suspected cases.
The course does not provide training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or scuba diving rescue and the training exercises presuppose that the ill or injured diver has already been brought to shore or is aboard the boat.
How long will the DAN Diving Emergency Management Provider course take?
The course is scheduled for six hours but your instructor will take as long as needed for you to feel competent and confident in your skills.
How do I book a DAN Diving Emergency Management Provider course?
It’s easy, and with convenient dates and times available, just contact our friendly dive centre. The DAN Diving First Responder course will increase your diving skills and knowledge, and boost your confidence.
Why not take other DAN courses to build on this knowledge base and become a more confident and competent diver?
