Why Take This Course

People who dive as a part of their job or volunteer duties often need first-aid training to manage unique situations that may occur. NAUI/DAN Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA Pro) course is designed for commercial, professional, aquarium and scientific divers, providing first-aid knowledge and skills specific to these work environments. It also provides rescue management skills for dive masters and dive instructors.

What You Will Learn

DFA Pro is comprised of information from the Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries, Neurological Assessment, First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries and CPR HCP courses. It meets U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines for workplace CPR and first aid.

You will learn about:

• Anatomy, physiology, bloodborne pathogens
• Decompression Illness and Oxygen First Aid
• Response, assessment, and medical emergency management

You will develop the following skills:

• Scene safety assessment
• Initial and secondary assessments
• One- and two-person CPR for adults, children and infants
• Automated external defibrillator (AED) use
• Obstructed airway management
• Oxygen first aid administration
• F-A-S-T assessment
• Wound management and bandage and splint application
• Control of external bleeding
• Pressure immobilization technique
• Severe allergic reaction management

This course is designed primarily for those interested dive leadership. The course is conducted over 2 full days. See course schedules for dates and times.

Course fee includes the required eLearning component which must be completed prior to the start of in-person sessions.

Fee also includes required components a student needs to complete skill module in one package:

• One pocket mask
• One non-rebreather mask
• One pair latex gloves
• Divers Guide to the Ear and Sinuses slate
• CPR: Health Care Provider slate
• First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries slates
• Neurological Assessment slate
• Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries slates
• O2 Assembly slate

Skill Level: Intermediate

Skill Details: Provider Skills Objectives and Development Goals Skill: Scene Safety Assessment Skill: Donning and Doffing Gloves Skill: Initial Assessment Skill: Recovery Position Skill: F-A-S-T Skill: Taking a History Skill: Vital Signs Skill: Mental Function Skill: Cranial Nerves Skill: Motor Function (Strength) Skill: Coordination and Balance Skill: Oxygen Equipment Identification, Disassembly and Assembly Skill: Demand Inhalator Valve Skill: Non-Rebreather Mask Skill: Chest Compressions for CPR Skill: Rescue Breathing Skill: Resuscitation with a Bag Valve Mask (BVM) Skill: Resuscitation with a Mechanically Triggered Ventilator (MTV) Skill: Full CPR Skill: Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Skill: Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction Skill: Suctioning Skill: Secondary Assessment Skill: Injury Management Skill: Pressure Immobilization Skill: Traumatic Injuries Skill: Applying a Tourniquet Skill: Severe Allergic Reaction Skill: Shock Management Skill: Combined Scenarios