Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities and Project Dive

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DAN – Your Dive Safety AssociationSuunto, Uwatec / Scubapro, Oceanic, Aeris, and the VR-3) are distributingtheir products worldwide with an announcement that their dive computersare compatible with PDE. The Sensus depth-time data logger manufacturedby ReefNet and the Cochran DDR data recorder are also PDEcompatible.Rebreather PresentationSelf-contained re c i rculating underwater breathing apparatus, betterknown to sport divers as rebreathers, have been in use for more than 120years, principally by the military, but increasingly during the past 50 yearsby recreational divers. A PowerPoint presentation on the principals, history,and operating characteristics of rebreathers was made available toDAN members at no cost on the DAN website in 2004.DAN’s Support to the Dive Medical CommunityThrough the DAN Recompression Chamber Assistance Program, DANp rovides training and financial support to re c o m p ression chambersthroughout the Caribbean and other popular dive destinations to ensurethat they remain in operation and are properly staffed. This program complementsDAN’s semiannual dive medical courses for physicians, nursesand other allied healthcare personnel to educate the international medicalcommunity on the proper care and treatment of injured divers.In 1996, DAN broke ground in the field of dive injury treatment and insurance,by creating a Diving Preferred Provider Network (DPPN) of hyperbaricchambers to help manage the costs of recompression treatment andto make it easier for hyperbaric facilities to receive payment for services.In 2002, DAN Services Inc. teamed with Med-Care Plus to offer DANMembers and their families access to a medical savings plan that offers upto 25 percent savings at physicians’ locations, hospitals and medical facilitiesnationwide. The plan is neither insurance nor intended to replaceinsurance, but it does have access for more than 500,000 physician locations,75,000 medical facilities and more than 70 percent of the hospitals inthe United States.The DANRecompressionChamber AssistanceProgram providestraining andfinancial supportto recompressionchambersthroughout theCaribbean andother popular divedestinations.DAN TRAINING PROGRAMSOxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving InjuriesThis course represents entry-level training designed to educate the generaldiving (and qualified non-diving) public in recognizing possible diverelatedinjuries and providing emergency oxygen first aid. In addition,rescuers learn to activate the local emergency medical services (EMS) and/ or arrange for evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.DAN and all major diving instructional agencies recommend that alldivers be qualified to provide 100 percent oxygen in the field to injureddivers.DAN’s <strong>Report</strong> on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities and Project Dive Exploration: 2005 Edition 11
DAN – Your Dive Safety AssociationFirst Aid for Hazardous Marine Life InjuriesAlthough serious marine life injuries are rare, most divers experienceminor discomfort from unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfishand other marine creatures at some point in their dive careers. Knowinghow to minimize these injuries helps divers reduce their discomfort andpain.For more thana decade, DANhas emphasizedthe benefitsof providingoxygen to injuredscuba divers.The First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries program is designed to provideknowledge regarding specific types of marine creature injuries andthe general first aid treatment for those injuries.Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)for Scuba DivingAlthough a cardiac emergency should always prompt immediate call tothe local emergency medical services, the Automated External Defibrillators(AEDs) for Scuba Diving Program educates the general diving (and qualifiednon-diving) public to provide first aid using Basic Life Support techniquesand automated external defibrillators. This skill may prove to belifesaving when you consider that diving is often conducted in remotelocations, far removed from emergency medical help. For more than adecade, DAN has emphasized the benefits of providing oxygen to injuredscuba divers.Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving InjuriesThis advanced-level program provides additional training for those individualswho have successfully completed the DAN Oxygen First Aid forScuba Diving Injuries course within the past 12 months. It is designed totrain DAN Oxygen Providers to use the MTV-100 or a Bag Valve Mask(BVM) while providing care for a non-breathing injured diver and activatingthe local emergency medical services (EMS) and / or arranging forevacuation to the nearest available medical facility.This is not a stand-alone program. It is intended to train current DANOxygen Providers to provide oxygen using advanced-level skills.Dive Emergency Management Provider (DEMP)This program integrates the knowledge and skills from several DANTraining Programs into a single eight-hour day (or a two-day course offour hours each). The Diving Emergency Management Provider courseincludes:• Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries;• First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries;• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for Scuba Diving; and• Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries (knowledge andskills from DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuriesare optional).12DAN’s <strong>Report</strong> on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities and Project Dive Exploration: 2005 Edition
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