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Hazardous Marine Life Course
First Aid for Hazardous
Marine Life Injuries
Serious hazardous marine life injuries are rare, but
most divers experience minor discomfort from
unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfish
and other marine creatures. This course teaches
divers to minimize these injuries and reduce diver
discomfort and pain.
Intro
A
diver surfaces from a dive in an area abundant with
coral, removes his fins and finds redness, swelling
and blisters just beginning to show on his left
ankle. He also experiences a stinging sensation on
the same ankle.
A diver, following a dive to an area filled with
marine life, notices a small bite pattern on his
lower right leg and some stiffness; he also
experiences difficulty swallowing, has a generalized
weakness and a slight numbness in the area of the
bite.
A diver experiences pain, nausea and some swelling
associated with a purple-and-black puncture wound in
his left knee.
The common thread from each of the three injuries is
that they likely came from contact with some form of
hazardous marine life. Given similar circumstances
with you or a dive buddy, would you be able to
appropriately treat each injury?
Although serious hazardous marine life injuries are
rare, most divers experience minor discomfort from
unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfish
and other marine creatures at some point in their
dive careers. Knowing how to minimize these injuries
helps you reduce diver discomfort and pain.
The First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
program is designed to provide knowledge regarding
specific types of marine creature injuries and the
general first aid treatment for those injuries.
Overview
Course
Objective
The
objectives of this course are to train and educate
the general diving public and interested non-divers
in the first aid techniques for a suspected
hazardous marine life injury. In addition, this
course will introduce divers to the identification
of potentially hazardous marine life and how to
avoid hazardous marine life injuries. This program
also provides an excellent opportunity for
experienced divers and instructors to continue their
education.
Recommended Minimum Hours of Training
Knowledge Development (Lecture) = 1 Hour
Skills Development (Practice) = 3 Hours
This
course should be taught as a four-hour module. 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. Instructors
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.
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