This course is an advanced
level course and provides additional training for those individuals
who have successfully completed the DAN Oxygen First Aid for
scuba diving injuries course within the past year (12 months).
It is designed to train DAN Oxygen providers to use a positive
pressure valve (as the MTV100) and/or a bag-valve-mask (BVM)
Course Objective
The DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
programme is designed to teach the skills and knowledge needed
to supplement Basic Life Support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) skills with resuscitation techniques to assist anybody
who is not breathing. The course is divided into two parts.
The use of the Manual Triggered Ventilator
(MTV. also know as Resuscitation valve) and the use of the
Bag Valve Mask. According to local laws and regulations, providers
will be training in the use of the MTV only or in the use
of both MTV and BVM, in the UK both uses are taught.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course you will be able to
List the instructions for providing oxygen
to non-breathing injured scuba divers
State the ideal concentrations of oxygen and the factors that
can influence them
Inspect the MTV and/or Bag Valve Mask
Outline the circumstances for using the MTV and/or Bag Valve
Mask
List the directions for ventilations with the MTV and or Bag
Valve Mask
List the potential problems associated with the use of the
MTV and/or Bag Valve Mask
List the considerations for effective ventilations with the
MTV and/or Bag Valve Mask
Describe the characteristics of an effective ventilation using
the MTV and/or Bag Valve Mask
Perform a scene safety assessment
List the steps in performing a scene safety assessment
Assess the airway, breathing and circulation (ABCs) of an
injured diver
Demonstrate a caring attitude towards a diver who becomes
ill or injured.
Establish and maintain the airway and breathing (perform rescue
breathing) for an injured diver.
Disassemble and reassemble the MTV and or Bag Valve Mask
Demonstrate the correct technique for testing the MTV and/or
BVM prior to using it
Use the MTV and/or BVM to resuscitate non-breathing divers
(during training this will be done on a mannequin
Use the MTV to provide oxygen to breathing divers
The nature and scope of this course is
limited to training Oxygen Providers to provide first aid,
using the MTV and/or the BVM for non-breathing injured divers.
The course does not provide complete training
for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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