Dive Medicine for Divers Level 2
Course Overview

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This program is designed to inform divers about what happens in a diving emergency and how diving affects their bodies. It provides a framework to educate interested divers in a series of topics not normally addressed in basic dive training.

Program Outline
Divers may complete these modules in any order, as schedules and opportunities permit. However, the following outline is the recommended program flow.

• Decompression Illness (video)
• Barotrauma (video)
• You Make the Call (instructor-led discussion)
• Equipment Issues (video)
• Sending Information (instructor-led discussion)
• Severe Allergic Reaction (instructor-led discussion)
• Using an Epi-pen (skill)
• Taking a Blood Pressure (skill)

Skills
As this isn’t a training program, but one designed for general education, these instructor led discussions and skills are less formal, but no less interactive. As the instructor, you should be prepared to guide students through scenarios, asking for input and gaining participation.

• You Make the Call (instructor-led discussion)
• Sending Information (instructor-led discussion)
• Severe Allergic Reaction (instructor-led discussion)
• Using an Epi-pen (skill)
• Taking a Blood Pressure (skill)