DAN Emergency Oxygen Provider

DAN Emergency Oxygen Provider Course: Be the First Responder in a Dive Emergency

Be prepared to provide critical care in a diving emergency. The DAN Emergency Oxygen Provider course teaches you the essential skills to administer emergency oxygen – a vital step in managing decompression illness and other diving-related injuries. This isn't just about knowing how to use oxygen; it's about understanding why it's so important.

This course covers everything you need to know to become a oxygen provider, including:

• Recognizing Dive Injuries: Learn to identify the signs and symptoms of decompression illness (DCI), including arterial gas embolism.
• Oxygen Safety: Understand the principles of safe oxygen handling and administration.
• Equipment Mastery: Learn to identify, assemble, and disassemble various oxygen delivery systems.
• Delivery Techniques: Master the use of demand inhalator valves, non-rebreather masks, bag-valve masks, and manually triggered ventilators.
• Emergency Planning: Develop an emergency assistance plan.
• The basics of atmospheric gases, and respiration.

You'll gain hands-on experience in assessing a scene, performing initial assessments, and providing oxygen using different delivery methods. 
It's all about being prepared to act quickly and effectively in a critical situation.

Key Topics:

• Atmospheric gases
• Respiration and circulation
• Decompression illness
• Oxygen and diving injuries
• Oxygen safety
• Oxygen equipment identification, assembly, and disassembly
• Scene safety assessment
• Initial assessment
• Use of:
  
  • Demand inhalator valve
  • Non-rebreather mask
  • Bag-valve mask
  • Manually triggered ventilator
• Creation of an Emergency assistance plan.