D.A.N. Basic Life Support Certification

Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals is a professional-level basic life support program designed to teach advanced skills to dive professionals, divers who find themselves in remote situations where emergency help is not immediately available and interested others who are involved with diving.

Prerequisites

None

Skills

In this program that set it apart from lay-provider level CPR courses include:

Two-person CPR
Ventilation using a bag valve mask
Use of MTV 100
Oxygen use
Finger sweep & suctioning
Cricoid pressure
The technique for caring for an unconscious choking victim

Schedule

This is an 8-hour program, although it is skills dependent program, not time dependent. It is video driven. The instructor shows short video segments, demonstrates the skills in real-time, does a second skill demonstration breaking down key steps as appropriate and then conducts student practice.

The program covers the broad skill areas including:

Initial assessment
Airway management
Breathing and ventilation
Circulation
Including AED use
Control of bleeding
Shock management
Ongoing assessment

Tuition

$100.00 per person; includes Books, Training and Certification Card.