Diver Medic Training DMT / DMTR
COURSE DETAILS
This training has been provided in accordance with IMCA D 020 – Requirements for IMCA-Approved Diver Medic Training Courses. Course is very intensive and includes both theory and practical scenarios . Our courses place emphasis on practical skills and competence. This course is for diving supervisors, divers, LSS & LST working in air and mixed gas/saturation diving sites under the IMCA Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) for commercial diving operations.
DMT Course Content
- Casualty Handling Under Pressure
- Medical Equipment/Record Keeping
- Diving Related Illness: Barotraumas, DCI, Decompression Illness
- Control & Management of Dive Related Injury or Illness
- Insertion of Chest Drain
- Patient Examination
- Basic Anatomy & Physiology
- Intraosseous Infusion
- Advanced Life Support / Use of Defibrillator
- Oxygen Administration
- Cannulation
- Administration of medications
- Catheterization
- Bleeding
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Suturing
Who may apply
- The student must hold an offshore qualification in diving. This can be an LSS, LST, Diving Supervisor, or Diver qualification recognized by IMCA (which is at an offshore grade)
- The student must hold a valid diving medical as suitable to go under pressure in a chamber.
Certification
Trainees who have successfully completed and passed the examination will be awarded :
- IMCA recognized DMT certificate (valid for 2 years)
- First Aid at work certificate (valid for 3 years)