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Emergency
Oxygen training may be a requirement for various wilderness
training programs, dive industry jobs, scientific divers,
and other related programs. DAN certified Oxygen Providers
can obtain oxygen United States Pharmacopoeia (medical grade)
oxygen at Praxair retail locations throughout the United
States and Canada. PADI certification counts toward the
Master Scuba Diver certification.
Certifications
should be renewed every 2 years.
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PADI
Emergency Oxygen Provider
$95,
3 hour course includes: student manual, at-a-glance
oxygen provider card, certification card
In a diving
emergency, especially Decompression Illness (DCI),
Oxygen is a critical first aid response. The PADI
Emergency Oxygen Provider course develops your knowledge
and practical skills in providing oxygen to an injured
diver. Skills covered include:
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Assembly & Disassembly of an Emergency Oxygen
System
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Non-Rebreather mask use for a breathing diver
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Demand inhalator valve use for a breathing diver
- Pocket
mask use for a non-breathing diver
Minimum
age: none
Prerequisite: none, however CPR & First Aid are
recommended
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DAN
Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
$95, 4 hour course includes:
student workbook, slate, and certification card
The course
is designed 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 recognizing diving injury warning signs, response
and management. This program also provides an excellent
opportunity for experienced divers and instructors
to continue their education.
The DAN
Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course
is not designed to train lay persons to provide oxygen
to the general 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 member of the general
public by using emergency oxygen.
Minimum
age: none
Prerequisite: CPR & First Aid
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DAN
Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
$75, 2 hour course includes:
student workbook, slate, bag-valve mask, and certification
card
This advanced-level
program provides additional training. It is designed
to train DAN Oxygen Providers to use the MTV-100 or
a Bag Valve Mask (BVM) while providing care for a
non-breathing injured diver and activating the local
emergency medical services (EMS) and / or arranging
for evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.
Learn to:
- Demonstrate
how to assemble and prepare the Manually Triggered
Ventilator (MTV) and Bag Valve Mask (BVM)
- State
the benefits of using the Manually Triggered Ventilator
(MTV) and Bag Valve Mask (BVM) for a non-breathing
diver
- Demonstrate
how to provide Oxygen First Aid with the MTV resuscitator
on a breathing and non-breathing diver
- Demonstrate
how to provide Oxygen First Aid with the Bag Valve
Mask to a non-breathing diver
Minimum
age: none
Prerequisite: DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving
Injuries course within the past 12 months
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