The
Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty course teaches divers and nondivers that
emergency oxygen is a useful treatment for many injuries and the primary first
aid given to individuals suffering from a near drowning or decompression illness
(lung overexpansion injuries and decompression sickness). Course Participant
learn how to provide oxygen in an emergency. To enroll in an Emergency Oxygen
Provider Specialty course, participants need only have an interest in learning
how to provide emergency oxygen.
The Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty course, include the following:
1. The uses of emergency oxygen.
2. Dive injuries and their treatment with emergency oxygen.
3. Emergency oxygen equipment..
4. Safety considerations when using oxygen.
5. Maintaining emergency oxygen equipment.