DAN Training Courses
About DAN
Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a non-profit medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health of recreational scuba divers. It operates diving's only 24-hour emergency hotline, a diving medical hotline, and carries out diving medical research. It has developed a number of educational programs for everyone from beginning divers to medical professionals.
Divers Alert Network (DAN) training and education.
Diving accidents are rare, but things can go wrong and at the back of any diver’s mind must be concerns about whether their skills are sharp enough to deal with an emergency. DAN courses will teach you the skills and techniques to manage different scenarios that could lead to potential disaster.
The courses can be taken singularly, but you can save time by combining some of them in the Diving Emergency Management Provider Program or Diving First Responder courses. With any of the following qualifications under your belt, you will be brimming with confidence which will allow you to fully relax and get more out of your diving.
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Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
This course represents entry-level training to educate the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public to better recognise possible dive-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 available medical facility.
Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
A Training Program for those individuals who have successfully completed the DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course. It is designed to train DAN Oxygen Providers to use a positive pressure valve (as the MTV100) and/or a bag-valve-mask (BVM); depending on local legal laws and regulations.
Medical Oxygen Rebreather (MO2R)
During the DAN MO2R course, DAN Oxygen Providers will learn when it is appropriate to deploy the Medical Oxygen Rebreather, how to set up the system and how to use it. Thanks to a Medical Oxygen Rebreather and divers trained in the use of such systems, diving in remote locations will be safer than ever.
Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies
A training program designed to educate the public to recognise 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.
First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
An entry-level training program designed to educate the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public to identify hazardous marine life, to recognise possible injuries caused by hazardous marine life, to provide first aid for hazardous marine life injuries and to avoid hazardous marine life injuries.
Basic Life Support (BLS)
This course will prepare you to react in the correct way, when accidents happen. It will not only train divers and non-divers to resuscitate an injured person with a circulatory arrest, but can also prevent a person from getting in that condition through control of external bleeding, choking and shock.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for Scuba Diving
An entry level training program designed to educate the general diving, and qualified non-diving, public to better recognise the warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest and administer first aid using Basic Life Support techniques and an Automated External Defibrillator while activating the local emergency medical services.
On Site Neurological Assessment for Divers
Learn how to conduct a neurological assessment on a potentially injured diver in this course. The information gained in this assessment can help convince a diver of the need for oxygen first aid, and help a dive physician determine the proper treatment.
Diving Emergency Management Provider (DEMP)
DAN's comprehensive training package combining Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries, Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for Scuba Diving and First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries. This program intergrates all three courses allowing divers to learn the information at a significant savings of time, but without sacrificing any of the skills.
Diving First Responder (DFR)
DAN's most comprehensive training package combining 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 intergrates all four courses allowing divers to learn the information at a significant savings of time, but without sacrificing any of the skills.
Diving Emergency Specialist (DES)
DAN's recognition program for divers who are interested in dive safety.
Instructor Qualification Course
To become a DAN Instructor you must complete the Instructor Qualification Course (IQC). This offers information about DAN and explains how to teach DAN programs. Candidates will then complete the course module for each DAN Training Program they are interested in teaching.
