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DAN Diving First Aid (DFA)

DFA is the most comprehensive first aid course in the dive industry. Divers and non-divers will gain an essential set of first aid and risk-mitigation skills.

DFA includes all the content from DAN Basic Life Support (BLS) including CPR and first aid skills, all the content of the Emergency Oxygen for Diving Injuries, plus neurological assessments and first aid for hazardous marine life injuries. In the neurological assessment portion of the DFA course, you will learn how to recognize neurological injuries by performing a neurological assessment and how to collect vital information useful to emergency medical services. In the hazardous marine life injuries portion, you will learn how to identify some of the most common marine life injuries as well as the first aid skills to treat them. This is a 2-day course.

Starting from

$399.00

DESCRIPTION

The Diving First Aid (DFA) course is aimed at commercial, professional, scientific divers and aquarium staff and volunteers and meets the 2020 consensus Guidelines for Resuscitation from the International Liaison Council on Resuscitation (ILCOR) as issued by its member organization

ACADEMIC

Scene Safety Assessment and Barriers
Initial Assessment and Poisoning
Neurological Assessment
Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
Demand Inhalator Valve
Nonrebreather Mask
Bag Valve Mask
Manually Triggered Ventilator
Full CPR including Rescue Breathing:
Single- and Two- Rescuer
Adult, Child, and Infant
AEDs
Obstructed Airway
Suctioning
Secondary Assessment
Injury Management
Splinting
Pressure Immobilization Technique
Control of External Bleeding
Direct Pressure
Tourniquet
Wound Packing
Allergic Reactions and Opioid Overdose
Shock Management

EQUIPMENT

Will be provided

PREREQ

None

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