Emergency First Response (EFR)

Emergency First Response gives you the tools you need to perform CPR and First Aid. Whether you're a diver or a non-diver, Emergency First Response prepares you to properly handle potentially life-threatening situations.

Prerequisites

• No minimum age limit or diving certification required
• EFR Manual & Video

Course Summary

This comprehensive program is composed of two core modules that can be taught in tandem or as stand-alone courses: Emergency First Response - Primary Care and Emergency First Response - Secondary Care. Together, these courses proved extensive instruction in CPR and First Aid, as well as providing optional (yet recommended) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Emergency Oxygen sections.

Timeframe: With home study, the course may be completed in 4 hours (one session).

Training Fee: $75 includes C-Card

Next Step?

This course satisfies your PADI Rescue Diver CPR and First-Aid prerequisite

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.

Course Summary

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.

Timeframe: Home study required. This course takes ~8 hours.

Training Fee: $100 includes C-Card

Why not learn it all & save time & money as well! Take our complete First-Aid course- includes EFR & BLSPRO

Course Summary

Our "Complete First-Aid" course includes:

• EFR Course
• Two-person CPR;
• ventilation using a bag valve mask;
• finger sweep;
• suctioning;
• cricoid pressure; and
• the technique for caring for an unconscious choking victim.
• Emergency First Responder
• Includes Complete "EFR" & "BLS Pro" Courses!

If you hold a Rescue or higher dive certification, this course will also qualify you as a DAN Diving Emergency Specialist.

Timeframe: Home Study required. This course takes ~8 hours of class time (2 sessions)

Training Fee: $140 includes C-Cards

Dive Emergency Management Provider (DEMP)

It is a rare event when a dive emergency is a single event. More often than not, separate small problems compound to create a larger problem. Divers and dive professionals interested in understanding first aid care for dive emergencies can now take the Diving Emergency Management Provider course from a DAN Instructor. This single program integrates the knowledge and skills from several DAN Training Programs into a single eight-hour day.

Course Summary

The Diving Emergency Management Provider course includes:

• Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
• Advanced Oxygen First-Aid for Divers
• First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for Scuba Diving

The knowledge and skills from the DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries module are optional in this program.

After reviewing the skills and knowledge development portions of this program, the students then participate in an integrated scenario where they get the opportunity to bring together all of the skills they learned in each of the segments into a single scenario.

Timeframe: Home Study required. This course takes ~6 hours of class time.

Training Fee: $75 includes C-Card