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DAN Oxygen First Aid Instructor 6482

Last updated February 20, 1999.

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DAN Oxygen First Aid For Scuba Diving Injuries

DAN Oxygen Provider Course Standards and Procedures

General

This course, Oxygen First Aid For Scuba Diving Injuries or Oxygen Provider, represents entry level training designed to educate the general diving (and qualified non diving) public to better recognize 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.

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to train and educate the general diving public in the techniques of using oxygen, as first aid for a suspected dive injury. In addition, this course will introduce novice divers to the fundamentals of dive injury signs and symptoms, response, and management. This program also provides an excellent opportunity for experienced divers and instructors to continue their education.

The DAN Oxygen Provider course is not designed to train lay persons to provide oxygen to the general diving public. While 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 respond to the ill or injured general public using emergency oxygen.

Qualifications of DAN Oxygen Providers

Since the first aid skills associated with providing emergency oxygen first aid deteriorate at variable rates, retraining is recommended every two years (twenty four months).

Successful completion of the DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course results in awarding of a certificate and card recognizing the student's understanding and performance of the knowledge and skills contained within this program. DAN Oxygen Provider Certificates and Cards may be required to fill medical oxygen cylinders.

National, regional, and local laws may vary. Contact the DAN Training Department in your region for more information about oxygen laws and regulations. At no time may emergency oxygen first aid be used in lieu of evaluation and definitive care provided by a qualified healthcare professional. The use of oxygen is first aid - not treatment.

Continuing Education Credits

For diving leadership and medical personnel, this course is approved for various continuing education credits.

Specialty Course Designation

Instructors are encouraged to submit their credentials as a DAN Oxygen Instructor to their respective training agencies or associations and request authorization to offer a specialty course recognition along with the DAN Oxygen Provider successful completion card and certificate. DAN Oxygen Training materials are copyrighted, however, DAN Training authorizes the DAN Oxygen Instructor to reproduce only those portions of the Instructor Manual necessary for approval of the DAN Oxygen Provider Course Specialty.

Prerequisites for the DAN Oxygen Provider Course

The recommended minimum age for participation in this course is 12. DAN Training suggests that those with a junior diver certification participate in this course with his or her adult buddy. Some regions may have minimum age stipulations for the use of emergency oxygen. Instructors must verify state and local regulations prior to establishing age minimums for course participation.

Training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from a nationally or internationally recognized association is recommended. However, all participants must perform all required skills contained in the DAN Oxygen Provider course to receive a certificate of successful completion of the course.

Recommended Minimum Hours of Training

Knowledge development (lecture) hours = 1

Skills development (practice) hours = 3

It is recommended that this course be taught as a four hour module as outlined in the manual. The time the course actually takes to teach varies depending upon many factors including the number of students and their ability to process the educational components of the program. Instructors desiring to include subjects or training beyond the course requirements may do so only before or following the course. Any additional training must not be required for completion of course requirements.

Required Curriculum Subject Areas

The instructor must ensure course participant familiarity with each of the following subject areas:

Knowledge Development

The instructor must ensure course participant is able to successfully demonstrate the ability to perform the following skills:

Skills Development

Learning Objectives

Course participants must be familiar with the signs and symptoms of major diving injuries including near drowning and decompression illnesses (arterial gas embolism and decompression sickness).

Course participants must be able to demonstrate proper deployment, assembly, disassembly and use of all component parts found in the DAN Oxygen Unit. This includes use of the demand inhalator valve/mask, constant flow, non rebreather mask, and Pocket Mask with supplemental oxygen inlet.

Course participants must complete the DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries examination with a minimum passing score of 80. The instructor is to review the examination with each course participant to ensure 100 percent understanding of the material.

Skill Performance Objectives

To successfully complete the DAN Oxygen Provider course, participants must demonstrate skill and confidence during deployment, assembly and disassembly of all component parts included in the DAN Oxygen Unit or an equivalent unit.

For additional information on Dan Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries, e-mail omnidive@omnidivers.com

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Potential Classroom Locations

Idaho

Nevada Oregon Utah Washington

These cities which I have listed, I frequent fairly regularly during a single years time. I live in Boise (I have a toll free number and work best by appointment/request) and travel through Mountain Home to get to Twin Falls and on my way to Bonneville Seabase, Utah. Sun Valley and Stanley is just north of Mountain Home and we go diving near Stanley. I go diving in Wendover after driving through Wells. Ontario is close to Boise and Baker City is just beyond. I dive in McCall and have relatives in Moscow-Pullman area and Salt Lake area. Actually living in the intermountain west you tend to do a lot of driving to get anywhere.

Phillip E. Graf, DAN Instructor Sponsor 8131, DAN Oxygen First Aid Instructor 6482, DAN Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2) Instructor 6482

Owner and Manager of Omni Divers Underwater Services, L.L.C., DAN Bronze Store Sponsor 327486

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