First Aid Courses

Emergency First Response Course (sign up)
The Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Emergency First Response Secondary Care (First Aid) courses teach you how to provide emergency care for someone in need. These courses make learning easy by providing a non-stressful environment in which you practice and apply emergency care skills. The course is designed to help you remember appropriate emergency care procedures during time of need, and encourage you to apply those procedures by assisting those needing emergency care. These courses are based on internationally recognized medical guidelines for emergency care produced through a consensus process of practicing professionals in the emergency medical field.

Emergency First Response Instructor Course (sign up)
The Emergency First Response Instructor course provides qualified individuals with the additional training necessary to teach the Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Emergency First Response Secondary Care (First Aid) courses. This course builds on candidates' skills as primary and secondary care providers, and focuses on developing their instructional abilities. Through independent study, classroom sessions, and practice teaching assignments, instructor candidates learn how to conduct the Emergency First Response program. The Emergency First Response Instructor course goals include:
1. Assure instructor candidates understand the Emergency First Response program structure, requirements and procedures.
2. Familiarize instructor candidates with the Emergency First Response program philosophy and prepare them to teach courses that are low-stress, performance-based and learner-centered.
3. Refine instructor candidates' primary and secondary care skills to a role-model level.
4. Provide instructor candidates with practical suggestions for organizing and marketing their Emergency First Response courses.
5. Encourage instructor candidates to be active Emergency First Response Instructors and use their skills to train others in the community.

DAN Diving Emergency Management Provider Course (Provider Level) (sign up)
DAN offers several dive-oriented first aid training programs. Because these courses are often taught independently, there is repetitive information and skills. The Diving Emergency Management Provider Course (DEMP) provides an integrated program to teach providers essential skills, at a significant savings of time, but without sacrificing any skills. This program includes skills from the following DAN courses:
- AED's for Scuba Diving.
- Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries.
- First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries.

DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries (Provider and Instructor Level) (sign up)
This course represents entry-level training designed to educate the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public to better recognize possible dive-related injuries and to provide emergency oxygen first aid while activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and/or arranging for evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.

DAN Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies (Provider and Instructor Level) (sign up)
This course represents training designed to educate the public to recognize possible aquatic-related injuries and to provide emergency oxygen first aid while activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and/or arranging for evacuation to the nearest medical facility.

DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries (Provider and Instructor level) (sign up)
This course represents entry-level training designed to educate the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public to identify hazardous marine life, to recognize possible injuries caused by hazardous marine life, to provide first aid for hazardous marine life injuries and to avoid hazardous marine life injuries.

DAN Automated External Defibrillators (AED's) for Scuba Diving Emergencies (Provider and Instructor Level) (sign up)
This course represents entry-level training designed to educate the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public to better recognize the warning signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and administer first aid using Basic Life Support techniques and AED's while activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and/or arranging for evacuation to the nearest appropriate medical facility.

DAN Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals (Provider and Instructor Level) (sign up)
Basic Life Support for Dive Professional (BLSPRO) is designed to provide students with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to restore, support, or protect the life of a suddenly ill or injured person until care can be transferred to someone with equal or greater qualifications. BLSPRO is a video-driven, skill-based program. The objective of the program is for students to:
1. Perceive an emergency situation correctly.
2. Recall necessary actions.
3. Reasonably perform necessary skills.