Course Description

Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, in its most condensed and interactive form - Online and the option of doing the Practical section.

This course looks at Marine life injuries, like Envenomation, Bites, Irritations, and Seafood Poisoning.  

 What Hazardous Marine Life is, the recognition of injuries and the treatment of injuries?  Treatment using Vinegar, Hot water, Pressure, and Tourniquets.

Option 1. Online learning only, it will take you approximately one hour to complete. 

Online price $25.00


Option 2. Complete your 3-hour Practical session with one of our instructors and receive the Advanced Hazardous Marine Life Injuries certification.

Practical fee: $30 to $80 Paid to Instructor.

The course will give you enough information to treat most Marine Life Injuries.

Who is the course designed for?

Anyone and everyone who swims, dives, paddles or takes part in any type of sport on or in the ocean.  This course is also perfect for people who work in Aquariums.

Information worth having for when you go on holiday.


What do you get on completion?

On completion of the course, you will receive an Online Completion Certificate from The Diver Medic.

Option 2: Complete the 3-hour practical session and receive an Advanced Hazardous Marine Life Injuries Certification from The Diver Medic.


What is in the Practical Session:

Pressure dressings

Wound Packing

Tourniquet use

Pressure Immobilisation Technique

Shock management

Wound management

Removal of spines

Treatment of Jellyfish Tentacles


To connect with one of our Instructors for your practical session, please email [email protected]



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. Guide to Hazardous Marine Life

About this course

  • $930.00
  • 1 lesson
  • 0 hours of video content