Course Description

Field Diver Medical Technician (DMT)

Chantelle Newman -  Born in Africa 1972, joined South African EMS at age of 19 under Civil Defence then later took on a full time position working on the road as first line response and worked in a very busy control room, Trauma specialist, attended several mass shootings, and bombings in South Africa. Relocated in London in 1998.  Became a medical instructor teaching Emergency Medical Technician, First Response, Health and Safety and First Response Emergency care. 2010 started the Facebook group called The Diver Medic which has become very popular with Diving Medicine and Dive safety posts.  In 2011 qualified as a PADI Divemaster and then a Diver Medic. Later in the year designed a Diver Medical Technician course for DAN Europe and became an IMCA DMT accredited Training facility in London.  Got asked to set up several IMCA DMT Training facilities around the world.  In 2016 got inducted into the Woman Divers Hall of Fame and in August the same year was featured under Heroes of Diving in the Scuba Diving Magazine in the USA.

Chantelle Newman, AEA , BSc, EMT-A, DMT,Cert Ed

Course Director and Instructor

Course curriculum

    1. Dictionary of Medical Terms

    1. Role of the DMT

    2. Personal Hygiene and Infection Control

    1. Scene Safety

    2. Primary and Secondary Survey

    3. Opening an airway - Clinical skills - video

    4. Taking a good patient history - Video

    5. Assessing Basic Vital Signs

    6. Clinical Skills Body Temperature Assessment - Video

    7. Clinical Skills Pulse oximetry - Video

    8. AED

    9. Electrocardiography (ECG EKG) - basics Video

    10. Sudden Cardiac Arrest and rescue - Filmed in the UK by BBC

    11. Oxygen Administration

    12. Module 2 Knowledge Review

    1. The Respiratory System Video

    2. Respiratory System

    3. Lung sounds - Video

    4. Respiratory Problems

    5. Actual Live Anaphylactic Attack & Use Of EPI Pen - video

    6. Asthma Video

    7. Asthma

    8. Emphysema (COPD) video

    9. Chronic Bronchitis Video

    10. Circulatory System Video

    11. Normal heart sounds - video

    12. Cardiovascular System and Heart Conditions

    13. Heart Attack Video

    14. Lung Injuries

    15. Pneumothorax explained - Video

    16. ARS® For Needle Decompression - Video

    17. Module 3 Knowledge Review

    1. Bleeding and wounds

    2. CAT Tourniquet one handed arm application - Video

    3. Celox Rapid training - Video

    4. Celox Z-Fold Hemostatic Gauze - Video

    5. SAM XT - Video

    6. Arteries and Veins video

    7. Shock

    8. What is Shock? video

    9. Obstructive Shock Video

    10. Burns and Electric shock

    11. Burns Video

    12. Lightning Strike Injury - Video

    13. Burns Treatment with Celox SILVA PRO video

    14. Musculo- Skeletal System and Injuries

    15. Part 1 Fitness Issues for Divers With Musculoskeletal Problems

    16. Part 2 Fitness Issues for Divers With Musculoskeletal Problems

    17. Immobilization

    18. Anaphylactic shock video

    19. Cardiogenic shock video

    20. Hypovolemic shock video

    21. Hypovolemic shock Circulatory System and Disease Video

    22. CAT Tourniquet self aid lower extremity application - Video

    23. Module 4 Knowledge Review

    1. Nervous System

    2. Structure of the nervous system video

    3. Functions of the nervous system video

    4. Neurogenic shock

    5. Stroke, Head Injures and Seizures

    6. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) video

    7. Head Injury video

    8. Stroke Video

    9. Epilepsy and Diving

    10. Epilepsy video

    11. Module 5 Knowledge Review

About this course

  • $550.00
  • 167 lessons
  • 17 hours of video content