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DAN Oxygen Provider Course Details
The DAN Oxygen First Aid course represents entry-level training designed to
educate divers and interested non-divers to recognize potential scuba diving injuries, and
to provide emergency oxygen first aid.
Emergency oxygen should be provided for an injured
diver while activating the local emergency medical system (EMS) or other similar local
procedure and arranging for transportation to the nearest available medical facility. The
objective of this course is to educate divers about diving injuries and to train them to
use oxygen while providing other assistance.
In DANīs most recent dive
accident record, less than 33% of injured divers received emergency oxygen
in the field. Few of those received oxygen concentrations approaching the
recommended 100%. DAN and all major diving instructional agencies recommend
that all divers be qualified to provide 100%
oxygen in the field to those injured in a dive
accident.
This course will introduce
you to the fundamentals of dive accident recognition, response and management.
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