First Aid Classes

Emergency First Response is one of the fastest-growing international CPR, AED and first aid training organizations in the world. With more than 31,000 instructors worldwide, Emergency First Response is backed by 36 years of experience in the development and delivery of instructional courses, training materials and educational curricula. Emergency First Response courses have gained widespread international acceptance. Seasports can offer the complete range of Emergency First Response courses. Please contact us for more information.

EFR – Emergency First Response

A family member cuts his finger in the kitchen. A coworker collapses from an apparent heart attack. Two automobiles collide on the street corner, seriously injuring the occupants. How can you help? By mastering the first aid and CPR skills in the Emergency First Response course, you will have the confidence to give help to those in need. This hands on course is available to divers and non-divers alike of all ages. It is based on the latest standards in the medical community and teaches you to deliver the latest in layperson emergency care.

Just like our other classes, you start with independent study with the EFR student manual and DVD. Our class time is spent learning rescue breathing, CPR, AED usage, giving aid to a choking adult, shock management, and how to control serious bleeding. You will also learn injury and illness assessments and how to splint for dislocations and fractures.

Prerequisites

• None

Course Cost

• $110 + $19.95 Books

You Get to Keep

• EFR Student Pack
• EFR Certification Card at completion of all course requirements

We Provide During Class

• Use of EFR DVD
• Experienced PADI Instructor for the Classroom Session

You Provide

• Enthusiasm

Emergency First Response CPR / AED Only Course

If you are in the situation of just needed a CPR or CPR/AED only certification, this is the course for you. This is an abbreviated version of EFR that focuses only on CPR and AED training - no first aid is included. Since less is taught, the price is right to get the exact training you need.

Note to Rescue Diver candidates: This class will not fulfill your CPR requirements UNLESS you show additional proof of first aid and Oxygen Provider training.

Prerequisites

• None

Course Cost

• $55 - CPR & AED OR $45 CPR Only
• $10.95 - Books

You Get to Keep

• CPR Student Pack
• CPR Certification Card at completion of all course requirements

We Provide During Class

• Use of CPR / AED DVD
• Experienced PADI Instructor for the Classroom Session

You Provide

• A fun attitude

Emergency First Response Care for Children Course

The Emergency First Response Care for Children course is an innovative CPR, AED and First Aid training course that teaches participants how to provide emergency care for injured or ill children (ages one to eight) and infants less than one year old. Participants learn about the types of medical emergencies that children face, and how they differ from adult conditions. The curriculum also includes the importance of attending to basic emergency situations with children, the emotional aspects of caring for children, secondary care for children, and preventing common injuries and illnesses in children.

Emergency First Response Care for Children course trains the lay rescuer to follow the same priorities of care used by medical professionals. The student masters the priorities and the procedures of patient care for infants and children in a non-stressful learning environment, which reduces the performance anxieties that interfere with learning and enhances confidence when rendering aid in a real medical emergency.

The course includes both primary care (CPR) and secondary care (first aid) skills. The primary care portion of the course prepares the rescuer to render aid to an infant or child with a life-threatening emergency such as choking or cardiac arrest. Secondary care focuses on developing secondary patient care skills and building the rescuer's confidence to render first aid to an infant or child in need when emergency medical services are either delayed or unavailable. The Care for Children course content is based on guidelines from the Pediatric Working Group of ILCOR.

Prerequisites

• None

Course Cost

• $110 - EFR for Children Only OR $180 EFR for Adults and Children done together
• $19.95 - EFR for Children Book

You Get to Keep

• EFR Student Pack
• EFR Certification Card at completion of all course requirements

We Provide During Class

• Use of EFR for Children DVD
• Experienced PADI Instructor for the Classroom Session

You Provide

• A willingness to learn

DAN Classes

Diver's Alert Network has developed a number of classes aimed to improve your scuba diving first aid skills. These classes arelisted below. Each class lasts one evening. You have a short student manual to read prior to coming to class. There are no prerequisites and anyone may attend. Please contact us for more information.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or Professional Development Units (PDUs) may be granted to diving leadership personnel for participating in some of the courses listed below as authorized by their respective training agency.

Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries*

As a recreational diver, you can receive training to provide vital first aid that can make a difference to a scuba diver with decompression illness. The DAN Oxygen Provider Course provides entry-level training in the recognition and management of possible diving-related injuries using emergency oxygen first aid.

Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies*

This course trains non-divers and professional rescuers (such as lifeguards) to recognize near-drowning / submersion incidents and other aquatic medical emergencies and to provide basic life support including the use of oxygen first aid.

Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries*

This advanced-level program is designed to train existing DAN Oxygen Providers to use the MTV-100 or a Bag Valve Mask while providing care for a non-breathing injured diver.

First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries*

Serious hazardous marine life injuries are rare, but most divers experience minor discomfort from unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfish and other marine creatures. This course teaches divers to minimize these injuries and reduce diver discomfort and pain.

Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving*

More than 10 percent of all dive fatalities are actually caused by cardiovascular disease, according to DAN dive accident and fatality statistics. This course teaches divers and other interested parties to provide care for sudden cardiac arrest including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AEDs).

Automated External Defibrillators for Aquatic Emergencies*

When a person drowns, they may or may not inhale water. They normally enter cardiac arrest because of the inability to breathe. This course teaches interested parties to provide care for cardiac arrest by using an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals*

The remote nature of dive accidents, whether a few hours from shore or days from civilization, frequently requires more advanced levels of care than are offered by traditional or entry-level CPR programs.

Dive Accident First Aid for Non-Divers*

This program is designed for nondivers and teaches them how to recognize the warning signs of decompression illness and help provide care for a diver involved in a dive emergency.

Diving Emergency Management Provider Program*

Learn the knowledge and skills from 4 DAN courses combined into one single approach to dive emergency management. A single day will give you the DAN Oxygen Provider, Advanced Oxygen Provider, AED's for Divers and Hazardous Marine Injuries classes.
In addition, completing this course meets the DAN requirements for the Diving Emergency Specialist Designation.

Class Price is $185 plus $54.95 for the DEMP Manual

Diving Emergency Specialist (DES)*

Continuing education is an important way for divers to continue to hone their diving skills and improve
as divers. Divers Alert Network understands the importance of being an active and involved diver who takes the time to learn about not just new dive techniques, but techniques to care for yourself and others injured in a dive accident.

To recognize this commitment to dive safety, DAN has created a recognition program called Diving Emergency Specialist. The DES designation is a way to commend divers who have sought out the training they need to be prepared buddies and safer divers. To qualify for this recognition, you must have:

Bring us your credentials and we'll help you fill out the paperwork that is sent to DAN to receive this highly prestigious recognition. There is a $20 application fee paid to DAN to receive this designation.

Instructor Qualification Course*

To become a DAN Instructor you must complete the Instructor Qualification Course (IQC). Instructor Candidates will complete a Core Module that offers more information about DAN and explains how to teach DAN programs. Candidates will then complete the course module for each DAN Training Program they are interested in teaching.

* Infomration Supplied by kind permission of Divers Alert Network