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 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. DAN Instructors and Instructor Trainers will now
be able to offer a healthcare provider-level basic life
support program for their student and divers.
Called Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals (BLSPRO),
this program is ideal for dive professionals and divers
interested in understanding professional-level resuscitation
techniques. This program is designed to be applicable to
the diving market, including scenes and scenarios from dive
situations, as well as the non-diving/healthcare market.
Coupled with DAN’s existing Training Programs and the new
Advanced Oxygen First Aid program, DAN Instructors and Instructor
Trainers will now be able to offer a complete diving emergency
program.
This program also addresses basic life support skills for
adults, children and infants.
Skills learned in this program that set it apart from lay-provider
level CPR courses include:
- two-person CPR;
- ventilation using a bag valve mask;
- finger sweep;
- suctioning;
- cricoid pressure; and
- the technique for caring for an unconscious choking
victim.
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 Objectives
Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals is a professional-level
basic life support program designed to teach advanced skills
to dive professionals, divers who find themselves in remote
situations where emergency help is not immediately available
and interested others who are involved with diving.
Recommended Minimum Hours of Training
Knowledge and skills development hours = 8
This is an 8-hour program, although it is skills dependent
program, not time dependent. It is video driven. The instructor
shows short video segments, demonstrates the skills in real-time,
does a second skill demonstration breaking down key steps
as appropriate and then conducts student practice.
With a small number of trained students, the course could
be completed in less time. With large groups or adult learners,
it is possible that the course could take more than 8 hours
to complete. There are also shorter options for retraining
and a direct challenge for professional rescuers with a
tremendous amount of experience and skill providing basic
life support.
Required Curriculum Subject Areas
The program covers the broad skill areas including:
- Initial assessment
- Airway management
- Breathing and ventilation
- Circulation
- Including AED use
- Control of bleeding
- Shock management
- Ongoing assessment
 There are two
AED options with this program. The instructor can choose
to include the AED information included with the program,
or integrate the dive specific information from DAN’s Automated
External Defibrillators (AEDs) for Scuba Diving course.
Skills learned in this program that set it apart from lay-provider
level CPR courses include:
- two-person CPR;
- ventilation using a bag valve mask;
- finger sweep;
- suctioning;
- cricoid pressure; and
- the technique for caring for an unconscious choking
victim.
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