Do you have what it takes to handle an emergency or are you relying on others for the skills to handle a dive accident? Your safety is in your hands. Make sure you and your buddy are properly trained to handle rescue scenarios.Pelagia Scuba offers two hands-on skill workshops from Divers Alert Network. Both classes involve knowledge development, but the emphasis is on practicing accident scenarios so that you have the confidence to act swiftly in the face of an emergency. To learn more about dive safety, consider a Pelagia Dive Safety Package.
DAN Courses
Rapid oxygen administration has been proven to bridge the gap between a partial recovery to a full recovery in diving accidents. Are you prepared? Can you recognize the uncommon symptoms of DCI? Do you know which oxygen delivery method to use for difference emergency circumstances?
You will learn all this and more in your DAN Oxygen First Aid class. Before the workshop begins, you will receive a DAN Training Book for review. The 3-4 hour workshop will consist of a knowledge development portion in which we will study case histories of real people who have suffered from DCI and the treatment they did (or did not) receive. Then you will get a chance to put what you have learned into action. The emphasis of the course is on participation in realistic scenarios involving different injuries. They are designed to give you the confidence to be able to act quickly in any DCI emergency. The course serves as an excellent review of CPR procedures as well.
Cost: $69 (Includes 3-4 hour workshop, DAN Training Manual, DAN certification).
Pelagia Special: Take a DAN Oxygen First Aid course and receive 20% off DAN Hazardous Marine Life or sign up for a complete Dive Safety Instruction package.
Prerequisites: None. CPR and First Aid training highly recommended.
Other Safety Training: DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, PADI Rescue Diver, EFR CPR and First Aid.
You will learn all this and more in your DAN Oxygen First Aid class. Before the workshop begins, you will receive a DAN Training Book for review. The 3-4 hour workshop will consist of a knowledge development portion in which we will study case histories of real people who have suffered from DCI and the treatment they did (or did not) receive. Then you will get a chance to put what you have learned into action. The emphasis of the course is on participation in realistic scenarios involving different injuries. They are designed to give you the confidence to be able to act quickly in any DCI emergency. The course serves as an excellent review of CPR procedures as well.
Cost: $69 (Includes 3-4 hour workshop, DAN Training Manual, DAN certification).
Pelagia Special: Take a DAN Oxygen First Aid course and receive 20% off DAN Hazardous Marine Life or sign up for a complete Dive Safety Instruction package.
Prerequisites: None. CPR and First Aid training highly recommended.
Other Safety Training: DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, PADI Rescue Diver, EFR CPR and First Aid.
Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
Do you know how to treat a stingray or urchin puncture? Seafood poisoning? Jellyfish stings? Be prepared for your next vacation in the tropics. This course might save you, your family, or your dive buddies from the discomfort caused by accidental contact with hazardous marine life.
You will receive a DAN Training Book before class to review. The workshop will consist of a knowledge development portion to review various envenomations, bites, stings, and food poisonings. Then you will get a chance to put what you have learned into action. The emphasis of the course is on participation in realistic scenarios involving different injuries. They are designed to give you the confidence to be able to act quickly in any hazardous marine life emergency.
Cost: $69 (Includes 3-4 hour workshop, DAN Training Manual, DAN certification).
Pelagia Special: Take DAN Hazardous Marine Life course and receive 20% off DAN Oxygen First Aid or sign up for a complete Dive Safety Instruction package.
Prerequisites: None. CPR and First Aid training highly recommended.
You will receive a DAN Training Book before class to review. The workshop will consist of a knowledge development portion to review various envenomations, bites, stings, and food poisonings. Then you will get a chance to put what you have learned into action. The emphasis of the course is on participation in realistic scenarios involving different injuries. They are designed to give you the confidence to be able to act quickly in any hazardous marine life emergency.
Cost: $69 (Includes 3-4 hour workshop, DAN Training Manual, DAN certification).
Pelagia Special: Take DAN Hazardous Marine Life course and receive 20% off DAN Oxygen First Aid or sign up for a complete Dive Safety Instruction package.
Prerequisites: None. CPR and First Aid training highly recommended.