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As a DAN Instructor, you can offer your students eight classes that will help make them safer divers. These classes are:

  • Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
  • Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies
  • Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
  • First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
  • Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving
  • Automated External Defibrillators for Aquatic Emergencies
  • Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals
  • Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2™)

DAN Instructors are scuba diving educators who want to offer dive safety programs to their students. To become a DAN Instructor, you must participate in a DAN Instructor Qualification Course (IQC).

The IQC follows a modular format. There is a Core Module and then a separate module representing each training program. You can take all eight modules as part of one course, or just take the Core Module and one course module - whatever you are interested in teaching. Later, as long as you remain a current and active DAN Instructor, you can take additional modules without retaking the Core Module. The Core Module is now available online.

DAN Instructor Qualification Course Prerequisites:

  • DAN Member
  • Current Provider training within 24 months in all courses seeking instructor certification
  • Active scuba diving educator
  • Current CPR training
  • Documentation of First Aid training

Prerequisites to take the instructor module for each DAN Training Program

Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

  • CPR and First Aid Training Recommended

Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies

  • CPR Instructor

Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

  • DAN Oxygen First Aid Instructor
  • CPR Instructor

First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries

  • First Aid Training Recommended

Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving

  • CPR Instructor

Automated External Defibrillators for Aquatic Emergencies

  • CPR Instructor
  • No additional training required to teach this program for DAN AED Instructors.

Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals

  • CPR Training

Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2™)

  • Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries Instructor

Course Objective
The DAN Instructor Qualification Course (IQC) trains and educates qualified scuba diving educators to plan, manage, conduct and promote dive safety through DAN Training Programs such as the Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course, the Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen (REMO2™) course, the Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for Scuba Diving and the First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries course along with the Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies course.

In addition, the course develops role-model teaching techniques in the use of first aid for suspected dive injuries. Instructor Candidates also have the opportunity to develop further knowledge in relation to the special considerations involved in providing emergency first aid.

The DAN IQC consists of eight modules. There is a core module that introduces DAN and the DAN Training philosophy. This core program serves as the introduction for all other DAN Training programs. The remaining program modules represent each of the individual training courses offered by DAN. Qualified Instructor Trainers can present all seven program modules or select only the modules appropriate for the Instructor Candidates.

Qualifications of DAN Instructors
Successful completion of the DAN Instructor Qualification Course (IQC) results in certification recognizing the Instructor Candidate's understanding and performance of the knowledge and skills contained within this program.

Instructors must maintain active teaching status with DAN in order to conduct DAN Training programs. In order to maintain active teaching status, DAN Instructors must teach or assist with teaching each course they are certified in once within a 24-month period.

Recommended Minimum Hours of Training
Knowledge and Skills Development

  • Core Module: 4 Hours
  • Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries Module: 2-3 Hours
  • Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies Module: 2-3 Hours
  • Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries: 1-2 Hours
  • First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries Module: 2-3 Hours
  • Automated External Defibrillators for Scuba Diving: 1-2 Hours
  • Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals: 8 Hours
  • Remote Emergency Medical Oxygen Module: 1-2 Hours

The time the course actually takes to teach varies depending upon many factors, including the number of students and their ability to process the educational components of the program along with the number of modules offered. Instructor Trainers desiring 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 Trainer must ensure Instructor Candidate familiarity with each of the following subject areas:

Knowledge Development

Core Module

  • What is DAN?
  • DAN Training Methodology
  • Role of the DAN Instructor
  • General Standards and Procedures for All DAN Training Programs
  • Marketing DAN Training Programs
  • Disease Transmission
  • Oxygen and AED Equipment / Safety
  • First Aid Equipment

Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries Course Module

  • Manual Overview - Standards and Procedures
  • Knowledge Development Session
    • Overview
    • Topics
  • Skills Development Session
    • Overview
    • Use of Scenarios
    • Injured Diver Scenarios
    • Teaching Exercise

Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies Course Module

  • Manual Overview - Standards and Procedures
  • Knowledge Development Session
    • Overview
    • Topics
  • Skills Development Session
    • Overview
    • Use of Scenarios
    • Injured Diver Scenarios
    • Teaching Exercise

Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

  • Manual Overview - Standards and Procedures
  • Knowledge Development
    • O2 Resuscitation Systems (MTV and BVM)
    • Providing Advanced Oxygen First Aid
    • Recommendations for Advanced Oxygen Providers and equipment use
  • Skills Development
    • CPR Review
    • Resuscitation with an MTV
    • Resuscitation with a BVM

First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries Module

  • Manual Overview - Standards and Procedures
  • Knowledge Development Session
    • Overview
    • Topics
  • Skills Development Session
    • Overview
    • Use of Scenarios
    • Injured Diver Scenarios
    • Teaching Exercise

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for Scuba Diving Module

  • Manual Overview - Standards and Procedures
  • Knowledge Development Session
    • Overview
    • Topics
  • Skills Development Session
    • Overview
    • Use of Scenarios
    • Injured Diver Scenarios
    • Teaching Exercise

Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals

  • Knowledge and Skills Development categories
    • Initial Assessment
    • Airway management
    • Breathing and ventilation
    • Circulation
      • Including AED use
    • Control of bleeding
    • Shock management
    • Ongoing Assessment

REMO2 Course Module

  • Manual Overview - Standards and Procedures
  • Knowledge Development Session
    • Overview
    • Topics
  • Skills Development Session
    • Overview
    • Use of Scenarios
    • Injured Diver Scenarios
    • Teaching Exercise

Examination

  • General Standards and Procedures Exam - 20 Questions
  • Module Exams - 10 Questions Each

Course Summary
The Instructor Trainer must ensure that the Instructor Candidate is able to successfully demonstrate the ability to perform the required skills for each certified program in a role model fashion.

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