DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course represents entry-level training designed to educate divers and interested non-divers (such as charter boat captains) to recognize scuba diving injuries and to provide emergency oxygen first aid. This course will also introduce novice divers to the fundamentals of dive accident recognition, response and management. This program provides an excellent training opportunity for divers and continuing education for leadership-level divers and instructors.
Since Oxygen Provider skills deteriorate with time, DAN encourages retraining every two years as a minimum following successful completion of the course. DAN Oxygen Providers are trained to provide emergency oxygen as adjunctive first aid to injured divers while awaiting arrival of emergency medical service s or evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.
This course provides a guide for oxygen first aid training in the special situations of decompression illness and near-drowning. It will not address oxygen use in other situations.
In addition, divers are encouraged to practice these and other diving skills regularly. All skills performed in an emergency should be within the scope of one's training and experience.
