Emergency Oxygen Provider PADI Course – 1 day, no dives, 5,800THB

Be the one ready to help a fellow diver should the need arise by becoming a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider.

Being the best buddy you can be means being prepared – especially in a time of need.

PADI recently launched this specialty course with the goal of improving diver accident preparedness, through teaching how and when to give oxygen to an injured diver.

Providing emergency oxygen after a dive accident may be the most significant factor contributing to a successful outcome in treating dive injuries. “While decompression illness and near-drowning diving accidents are rare, they do occur,” says Drew Richardson, President and Chief Operating Officer, PADI Worldwide. “Yet, only 50 percent of all injured divers receive emergency oxygen in the field. Fewer still receive oxygen concentrations approaching the recommended 100 percent. PADI believes that we must do better than this. Using PADI’s global influence and reach, this new specialty course will improve the percentage of injured divers receiving appropriate and effective emergency oxygen treatment.”

Though suited for divers, this course has no prerequisites and doesn’t include dives, which means it is equally applicable to those who are around divers – boat crew, non-diving buddies, lifeguards, and shore staff. You don’t need any previous CPR or first aid training to take the course.

During your PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Course you learn how to:

The PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Course costs 5,800 THB.
At Narima Diving, our scuba certification courses include all course materials including the Emergency Oxygen Provider Manual, (a 52-page, illustrated self-study manual and skill development guide.) Included with the manual is the new Emergency Oxygen Care at a Glance Reference card, which offers detailed prompts for providing emergency oxygen. The new reference card, an addendum to the existing PADI Accident Management Work Slate, guides users through the process of providing emergency oxygen from start to finish. The manual and Emergency Care at a Glance Reference card are packaged together in a convenient participant Crew-Pak.

Before class, you’ll review a step-by-step explanation of when and how to provide emergency oxygen. You’ll also learn about safety considerations, and how to assemble and disassemble emergency oxygen equipment. The care-at-a-glance card is a quick reference guide to pack in your gear bag and review in case of an emergency.

Beyond the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Course…

This entry level course outlines the recognition of diving illnesses treatable by emergency oxygen, however the specific details of dive accident response and management are left to the PADI Rescue Diver course. The Emergency O2 Provider course may be combined with the PADI Rescue Diver course as an enhanced substitute for Rescue Exercise 9: First Aid for Pressure-related Injuries and O2 Administration, and gain you 2 certifications.

The Emergency First Response course, which covers CPR and first aid, pairs perfectly with the Emergency Oxygen Provider course.

Did you know that PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty can be counted as one of the 5 specialties required for Master Scuba Diver certification?