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DIVE SLATE<br />
DAN EVENTS AND EDUCATION<br />
Calendar of Events<br />
DIVE SHOWS AND EVENTS<br />
Beneath the Sea<br />
April 1-3: Secaucus, NJ<br />
Join us at Beneath the Sea, where members of DAN’s medical and research teams<br />
will present a series of informative and interactive dive safety seminars with a<br />
specific focus on incident prevention and management. Come by our booth to pick<br />
up our new health and diving educational booklets, guides and slates. Remember<br />
to bring your DAN membership card and photo ID to receive $5 off show admission.<br />
The Blue Wild<br />
April 23-24: Fort Lauderdale, FL<br />
Targeting “anyone who loves the ocean world,” this show appeals to water<br />
enthusiasts above and below the surface. Visit the DAN booth to learn more<br />
about our health and diving materials, as well as specific information<br />
regarding dive safety while freediving, spearfishing and underwater hunting.<br />
The Blue Wild is held at the Broward County Convention Center and features<br />
more than 100 exhibitors.<br />
Scuba Show<br />
June 4-5: Long Beach, CA<br />
More than 300 exhibitors and dozens of seminars will feature the latest in<br />
diving equipment, training and travel opportunities and a day of dive safety by<br />
DAN experts. Also, stop by the DAN booth to pick up your copy of our latest in<br />
health and diving resources, purchase a new oxygen unit or first aid kit, renew<br />
your membership or simply say hello.<br />
RESEARCH/MEDICAL EVENTS<br />
Dive Safety Seminar: “Perspectives on the Eye and Scuba”<br />
April 6: Durham, NC<br />
We are dependent on eyesight for everyday activities, including the atypical<br />
conditions of diving. Vision is altered by the properties of the underwater<br />
environment. The eyes can also be affected by high partial pressures of oxygen,<br />
decompression stress and barotrauma. In this presentation, Stefanie Martina will<br />
discuss issues related to the eye and diving and provide practical recommendations<br />
for divers regarding vision correction options and gear considerations.<br />
DAN-UHMS Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Course<br />
May 7-14: Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands<br />
In collaboration with the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS),<br />
DAN will co-host a six-day program that brings together a diverse and<br />
engaging international faculty at Brac Reef Beach Resort to deliver a range<br />
of perspectives on dive medicine. While the course is designed for physicians,<br />
emergency medical personnel, paramedics, nurses and professionals, as well<br />
as instructors, divemasters and nonmedical, diving-related personnel with an<br />
interest in dive medicine may also find the course valuable. Event details and<br />
registration information are available online at DAN.org/Events.<br />
Education Spotlight<br />
FIRST AID<br />
CURRICULUM<br />
UPDATE<br />
DAN ® is updating its first-aid<br />
course materials to reflect the latest<br />
recommendations from the International<br />
Liaison Committee on Resuscitation<br />
(ILCOR). Comprised of experts from the<br />
major resuscitation organizations around<br />
the world, ILCOR meets twice a year to<br />
review evidence-based research regarding<br />
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and<br />
emergency cardiovascular care (ECC).<br />
The committee typically publishes revised<br />
CPR and ECC guidelines every five years<br />
and provides resuscitation education<br />
recommendations for both lay first-aid<br />
providers and health-care professionals.<br />
“DAN first-aid courses are regarded<br />
by many as the gold standard in diving<br />
first aid,” said Patty Seery, DAN director<br />
of training, “and to maintain that status<br />
in the dive community we must follow<br />
the most current guidelines.” The 2015<br />
recommendations incorporate changes<br />
in everything from basic first aid to<br />
neonatal cardiac care, although the<br />
guidelines primarily reemphasize the need<br />
for providing quality compressions and<br />
minimizing time spent “off the chest” (not<br />
performing compressions) during CPR,<br />
whether for ventilations or for providing<br />
other care.<br />
The release of the 2015 guidelines marks<br />
the transition to a new publication schedule for<br />
ILCOR, which from now on will be continuously<br />
updating online materials as new findings<br />
become available.<br />
“We welcome these changes in evidencebased<br />
medicine,” said DAN medical<br />
information specialist Scott Smith, “because<br />
they help everyone to become better providers<br />
— whether they are using first-aid skills or<br />
surgical techniques.”<br />
New materials are expected to be<br />
available in early March.<br />
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