Course Description

Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course represents entry-level training designed to educate divers and interested non-divers
(such as a charter boat captain) to recognise scuba diving injuries and to provide emergency oxygen first aid.


Course Objective
The course is designed to train and educate the general diving public in the techniques of using oxygen as first aid for a suspected dive injury. In addition, this course will introduce novice divers to the fundamentals of recognising diving injury signs and symptoms, response and management. This program also provides an excellent opportunity for experienced divers and instructors to continue their education.
The DAN Oxygen Provider course is not designed to train lay persons to provide oxygen to the general public. While the medical standards and equipment are the same regarding the emergency use of oxygen for both divers and non-divers, the DAN Oxygen Provider course does not prepare individuals to respond to the ill or injured member of the general public by using emergency oxygen.

Learning Objectives
Course participants must be familiar with the signs and symptoms of major diving injuries including near drowning and decompression illnesses (arterial gas embolism and decompression sickness).
Course participants must demonstrate proper deployment, assembly, disassembly, and use of all components of the DAN Oxygen Unit. This includes use of the demand inhalator valve / mask, constant flow (delivering oxygen up to 25 lpm), non-rebreather mask and oronasal resuscitation mask with supplemental oxygen inlet.
The course participant must demonstrate skill and confidence while providing emergency oxygen to simulated injured divers by:
Assessing the scene and oxygen provider safety

Deploying and operating the DAN Oxygen Unit

Selecting and preparing the appropriate oxygen mask

Operating the DAN Oxygen Unit and using these oxygen delivery devices:
Demand inhalator valve and mask
Constant-flow, non-rebreather mask
Oronasal resuscitation mask with supplemental oxygen inlet
Identification of the main components of the DAN Oxygen Unit
Oxygen cylinder and valve
Multi-function regulator
"T" handle
Handwheel/wrench
Oxygen washer
Constant-flow controller
Intermediate (White) pressure hose
Pressure activated check valve (in threaded outlet)
Demand inhalator valve
Oronasal mask
Non-rebreather mask
Oronasal resuscitation mask with supplemental oxygen inlet

Course Director and Instructor

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

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.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    DAN Oxygen First Aid

    • DAN Oxygen Provider Manual

  • 3

    Section 1

    • DAN O2 First Aid section 1

    • Knowledge Review 1
  • 4

    Section 2

    • DAN O2 First Aid Section 2

    • Knowledge Review 2
  • 5

    Section 3

    • DAN O2 First Aid Section 3

    • Knowledge Review 3
  • 6

    Section 4

    • DAN O2 First Aid Section 4

    • Knowledge Review 4
  • 7

    Section 5

    • DAN O2 First Aid Section 5

    • Knowledge Review 5
  • 8

    Flow charts

    • O2 Flow chart UK

    • FlowChart Oxygen

    • Knowledge Review 6