Diving Medical Responder – Canton, GA
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Date/Time
Date(s) - Oct. 17, 2017 - Oct. 19, 2017
8:30am - 5:30pm
Location
Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Svcs
This course will train the successful student in the skills necessary to respond to a diving emergency. It is designed specifically for public safety dive teams and professional divers. It is the Dive Medical Technician course without chamber operations. Medical and non-medical dive team members are encouraged to attend.
Prerequisites
First Responder / EMT / Paramedic or Equivalent
Topics Include:
- Physics and Physiology of Diving
- Decompression Sickness
- Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism
- Barotrauma
- Other Diving Related Injuries
Skill Stations:
- Patient Assessment
- Neurological Assessment
- Advanced Airways
- Chest Decompression
- Trauma
Skill stations and scenarios utilizing mannequins and each other. You will perform patient assessments, needle decompression, wound care and hemorrhage control with tourniquets and hemostatic gauze.
