Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving

This course will teach you the techniques of emergency oxygen administration for suspected diving injuries and nonfatal drowning. You will learn the fundamentals of recognizing dive-injuries along with response and management.

PADI emergency first responder

You will learn how to perform CPR, use an automated external defibrillator (AED) and become familiar with the signs and symptoms associated with heart attacks and respiratory arrest. Managing shock and controlling external bleeding are other skills covered that can help save lives.

You will learn about:

• Primary & Secondary Assessments
• Signs & symptoms of common medical emergencies
• Stroke Assessment
• Atmospheric gases
• Respiration and circulation
• Decompression illness
• Oxygen and diving injuries
• Oxygen safety

You will develop the following skills:

• Initial and secondary assessments
• Recovery position technique
• CPR techniques
• Automated external defibrillator (AED) use
• Obstructed airway management
• Control of external bleeding
• Bandaging, wound management and splinting
• Shock management
• Oxygen equipment identification, assembly and disassembly
• Scene safety assessment
• Initial assessment
• Use of Demand inhalator valve, Nonrebreather mask,
• Use of Bag-valve mask, Manually triggered ventilator
• Creation of an Emergency assistance plan.