6 New DAN Oxygen / Medic Courses Available

Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a non-profit medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health of recreational scuba divers and associated with Duke University Medical Center in the U.S. Founded in 1980, DAN is supported by the largest association of recreational divers in the world. It operates diving’s only 24-hour emergency hotline, a diving medical hotline, as well as diving medical research and has developed a number of educational programs for everyone from beginning divers to medical professionals.

Aquanauts is proud to be the premier DAN training center in Central Thailand. Our program, spearheaded by DAN Instructor Trainer Roger M. Smith, offers more DAN courses than any other dive center in the region, trainng both DAN students and instructors. Among our exclusive course offerings is DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Divers and DAN Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen, or REMO2.

Course Offerings — Student

Choose from any of the DAN courses below, or use the buttons on the banner at the top of the page. DAN courses are offered on demand, seven days a week. SImply use the Booking Form to make a reservation for your course. See our professional DAN Instructor course offerings below.

Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Professionals As a recreational diver, you can receive training to provide vital first aid that can make a difference to a scuba diver with decompression illness. The DAN Oxygen Provider Course provides entry-level training in the recognition and management of possible diving-related injuries using emergency oxygen first aid.

Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries Only at Aquanauts! — This advanced-level program is designed to train existing DAN Oxygen Providers to use the MTV-100 or a Bag Valve Mask while providing care for a non-breathing injured diver.

Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2™) Only at Aquanauts! — The DAN Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2™) system module supplements the DAN Oxygen First Aid in Scuba Diving Injuries course. Based on medical closed-circuit oxygen rebreather technology, the REMO2™ device provides injured divers with high concentrations of emergency oxygen for extended periods. This training course instructs the Oxygen Provider in the use of DAN’s new REMO2™ system.

First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries Serious hazardous marine life injuries are rare, but most divers experience minor discomfort from unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfish and other marine creatures. This course teaches divers to minimize these injuries and reduce diver discomfort and pain.

On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers Learn how to conduct a neurological assessment on a potentially injured diver in this course. The information gained in this assessment can help convince a diver of the need for oxygen first aid, and help a dive physician determine the proper treatment.

Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals The remote nature of dive accidents, whether a few hours from shore or days from civilization, frequently requires more advanced levels of care than are offered by traditional or entry-level CPR programs.

Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving More than 10 percent of all dive fatalities are actually caused by cardiovascular disease, according to DAN dive accident and fatality statistics. This course teaches divers and other interested parties to provide care for sudden cardiac arrest including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AEDs).

DAN Professional Courses

DAN Oxygen Instructor Level 1 Includes all of the components necessary to enable the successful participant to teach the 4-hour DAN Oxygen Provider Module. It is compatible with the DAN America and DAN Europe Oxygen Instructor Courses and is presented at Aquanauts by DAN Asia-Pacific Instructor-Trainer Roger M. Smith.