DAN Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals
DAN courses include more than just Oxygen. When most people think of Divers Alert Network two things come to mind. Dive Accident Insurance and Scuba Oxygen First Aid. My training partner Larry Zettwoch (z-man) was there in the very beginning. His Instructor Number is 25. Since that modest start in a small closet at Duke University DAN has grown into a research and training force in the Scuba industry. There are now 9 Dive Safety courses for Recreational Divers, 1 Dive Safety course for Professio...
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DAN On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers
DAN courses include more than just Oxygen. When most people think of Divers Alert Network two things come to mind. Dive Accident Insurance and Scuba Oxygen First Aid. My training partner Larry Zettwoch (z-man) was there in the very beginning. His Instructor Number is 25. Since that modest start in a small closet at Duke University DAN has grown into a research and training force in the Scuba industry. There are now 9 Dive Safety courses for Recreational Divers, 1 Dive Safety course for Professio...
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DAN Dive Safety IQC/ITW Classes at DEMA Show 2008
Why do you as a Scuba Leader (Divemaster/DiveConn/Assistant Instructor/Instructor/Instructor Trainer) want to be a DAN Instructor? I mean come on, most of us do this for fun and we already spent scads of cash earning our Professional Diving Level Designation. Does it really matter? I only want to teach in my spare time! Is it really that hard to put an Oxygen Mask on someone? Is it any of my business if someone is bent and doesn’t want to see a doctor? Should I really do something to someone inj...
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Medical Assistance
Some of you on here may know me. I`m the vagrant dive bum without a home who flies First Class. It`s kind of a running joke with my friends. I`m homeless - but I hate sitting in Cattle Class on the plane. So Saturday, the 2nd of February I was flying from a non-diving city in Florida to Atlanta, Georgia. I try to go up once a quarter to check my mail. I may be homeless but try doing business in this world with just an e-mail address. So I have a Post Office Box where I have to show up every so o...
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Dive Medicine Training - Vol. 2
DAN Provider Training It`s really sad how many Instructors are taught during their IDC/IEC (depending on the agency) that they must be dynamic and maintain their technical edge in the industry but they overlook training. Many Instructors don`t promote continuing education in a way that is beneficial to YOU the diver. In 2004 I was in the top less than 1% of all PADI Instructors in North America for Continuing Education. How did I do it? I set out a minimum educational goal for people to go divin...
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Dive Medicine Training Vol 1.
This will have a great deal of information geared both to the Provider and also a bit geared toward the Instructor. Divers Altert Network (DAN) is a Dive safety and research agency headquatered in North Carolina on the Duke University Campus. A great deal of research is conducted at Duke in conjunction with DAN`s mission. Follow along with the series and let me know if you have learned anything or think there are other points that could be helpful. Vol 1. - Dive Insurance / General Dive Health T...
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