Diving News--April 2008

Home About Courses Calendar PADI Master Scuba Diver Business Services News Wall of Fame SOTM Eco-Diver Photo Album Dive Sites Go Pro-Scuba Jobs Contact Eco Travel Resources Add the course schedule to your Google Homepage Follow me on Twitter | Find me on Facebook In this edition: Congratulations! Dive Safety Month IYOR Congratulations! Congratulations to Katrina for completing her PADI Scuba Diver rating. Dive Safety Month April 5 -- Emergency First Response April 12 -- DAN Diving Emergency Management Provider April 13 -- DAN Aquatic O2 and Aquatic AED April 19 -- DAN Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2) April 19 -- DAN On-Site Neurological Exam for Divers April 26 & 27 -- Emergency First Response Instructor Course Emergency First Response(EFR) covers Primary Care/CPR and Secondary Care/First Aid. Additional skills also include using an AED (automated external defibrillator) and emergency oxygen use. EFR is open to anyone interested in helping others and is not diving specific. DAN Diving Emergency Management Provider(DEMP) is a comprehensive diving first aid course. DEMP includes Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving injuries, AED for Scuba Diving, Hazardous Marine Life injuries and Advanced Oxygen First Aid. It also includes 3 PADI Specialty ratings. Current CPR training is a prerequisite. Though diving-specific, this is also great for medical professionals and non-diving friends/family of a diver. DAN Aquatic O2 and Aquatic AED cover using emergency oxygen and AED usage for aquatic injuries. These courses are also not diving specific and are great for anyone around water, especially lifeguards, boaters, fishers and divers. Current CPR training is a prerequisite. DAN Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen(REMO2) is a diving first aid course covering use of a medical rebreather to extend your oxygen supply when you are a long distance from the next level of care. This is the first of two courses on April 19th. Current CPR and DAN Scuba O2(covered in the DEMP course) are prerequisites. DAN On-Site Neurological Exam for Divers covers doing a neurological exam for divers suspected of a diving injury. The Neuro course can also be a useful tool to help convince a diver that he may be suffering from Decompression Illness(DCI). To cap off the month, become an Emergency First Response Instructor! Then you can teach others how to care for an unresponsive or ill or injured person. Contact me today to signup for these courses. IYOR International Year of the Reef 2008 has been designated the International Year of the Reef. This is a great time to take the Project AWARE and AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialties. You'll learn about reef ecology, how we impact coral reefs and how we can better protect these underwater rainforests. PADI Diving Society members can also receive a free gift when they take an AWARE course. Contact me for more information. Sign up for Project AWARE Now! Sign up for AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Now! Learn More about Project AWARE Upcoming Classes The 2008 Specialty of the Year is Project AWARE. I'll be offering Project AWARE in March, as well as when ever people ask for it. It's open to divers & non-divers alike, so bring your friends & family. Learn more about underwater ecology and how we're impacting the underwater environment. Sign up for Project AWARE Now! Learn More about Project AWARE Enter your email address to subscribe to the newsletter: Subscribe | Unsubscribe Please be sure to allow jon @ webscuba . net to send you email. You may need to add this address (without the spaces) to your address book, friend list, white list, etc. February/March 2008 January 2008 newsletter 2007 Newsletter archive 2006 Newsletter Archive

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