Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
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This module, Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries, is an advanced-level
program that provides additional training for those individuals who have successfully
completed the DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course within the past
year (12 months). It is designed to train DAN Oxygen Providers to use the MTV-100
or a Bag Valve Mask (BVM) while providing care for a non-breathing injured diver
and activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and / or arranging for
evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.
- Rescue breathing with supplemental oxygen delivers upwards of 50 percent inspired
oxygen when performed correctly. However, using an MTV-100 or Bag Valve Mask with
oxygen can deliver nearly 100 percent inspired oxygen to a non-breathing injured
diver.
- When supplemental oxygen is not available, a Bag Valve Mask can deliver 21 percent
oxygen as compared to 16 percent with rescue breathing without supplemental oxygen.
The MTV-100 does not work without an oxygen supply.
Objectives
The DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries provider ("DAN Advanced
Oxygen Provider") program is designed to:
- Demonstrate how to assemble and prepare the Manually Triggered Ventilator (MTV)
and Bag Valve Mask (BVM)
- State the benefits of using the Manually Triggered Ventilator (MTV) and Bag Valve
Mask (BVM) for a non-breathing diver
- Demonstrate how to provide Oxygen First Aid with the MTV resuscitator on a breathing
and non-breathing diverDemonstrate how to provide Oxygen First Aid with the Bag
Valve Mask to a non-breathing diver
Recommended Minimum Hours of Training
Knowledge development (lecture) hours = 1
Skills development (practice) hours = 2
This module should be taught as a three-hour program as outlined in this manual.
The time needed to teach the course varies and depends on many factors including
the number of students and their ability to process the educational components of
the program. Instructors who want to include subjects or training beyond the course
requirements may do so only before or following the course. Any additional training
must not be required for completion of course requirements.
Required Curriculum Subject Areas
The instructor must ensure participants are familiar with each of the following:
Knowledge Development
- O2 Resuscitation Systems (MTV and BVM)
- Providing Advanced Oxygen First Aid
- Recommendations for Advanced Oxygen Providers and equipment use
The instructor must ensure each course participant can successfully perform the
following:
Skills Development
- CPR Review
- Resuscitation with an MTV
- Resuscitation with a BVM
At the end of this program, DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries,
participants will be able to:
Learning Objectives
- Inspect the MTV and / or Bag Valve Mask and determine readiness for use.
- Outline the circumstances for using the MTV and / or Bag Valve Mask.
- List the directions for ventilations with the MTV and / or Bag Valve Mask.
- List the potential problems associated with the use of the MTV and / or Bag Valve
Mask.
- List the considerations for effective ventilations with the MTV and / or Bag Valve
Mask.
- Describe the characteristics of effective ventilation using the MTV and / or Bag
Valve Mask.
- Explain the steps to follow for cleaning, disinfecting and maintenance of the MTV
and / or Bag Valve Mask.
- Disassemble and reassemble the MTV and / or Bag Valve Mask.
- Demonstrate the correct technique for testing the MTV and / or Bag Valve Mask prior
to using it.
- Demonstrate the correct technique for using the MTV 100 and / or Bag Valve Mask
to resuscitate non-breathing divers (during training this will be done on a mannequin).
- Demonstrate the correct technique for using the MTV 100 to provide oxygen to breathing
divers.
The nature and scope of this course is limited to training Oxygen Providers to provide
first aid, using the MTV and / or BVM for non-breathing injured divers.
This course does not provide complete training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) or advanced airway management skills.
Course participants must complete the DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving
Injuries examination with a minimum passing score of 80 percent. The instructor
will review the examination with each participant to ensure mastery of the material.