SMB-240 DIVE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT & RESCUE LAB
Trains divers and dive leaders in procedures and techniques for the emergency management of injuries encountered in diving and the aquatic environment. Examines primary, secondary, and illness assessment, field neurological tests, first aid for pressure related accidents with emphasis on decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism, use of oxygen and oxygen equipment, care of marine life injuries, accident related diving equipment problems, diving accident analysis, statistical review of diving injuries and fatalities, and the role of divers and dive leaders in accident prevention. Prerequisite: SES 230 and documentation of required program criteria. Co-requisites: SES 211 or equivalent; SES 212/212L or equivalent.
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