Learn how to provide basic care at most diving and non diving related injuries, and how to deal with life threatening situations.

Everybody should have basic knowledge of Medical First Aid. Even in daily life, knowing how to provide assistant to someone in need, gives self confidence on how to deal a difficult situation. Even more, when facing a difficult situation during Scuba Diving your Medical First Aid skills may be proven to be very important.

In this Course you will learn CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) how to provide Basic Medical Assistance and the use of First Aid equipment. You will watch videos where emergencies are simulated. You will also practise what you learn during this course.

CPR procedures should be performed only on unconscious individuals who are not breathing and only by those who have training in CPR methods. The first step in CPR is to open the airway by placing the individual on his back on a rigid surface, clearing foreign matter from the mouth or airway, and tilting the head back so that the chin is elevated.

The second step involves mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - clamping the victim's nostrils, making an airtight seal over his mouth and breathing into it about 12 times per minute, allowing for natural exhalation.

he third step is to check one of the carotid arteries (large blood vessels located on either side of the voice box) for a pulse. Absence of a pulse requires artificial circulation of the blood by means of external chest compressions (at the rate of about 80 per minute for adults). The recommended ratio of chest compressions to breaths administered is 30:2 . CPR should continue uninterrupted until normal breathing and circulation are restored or until advanced professional medical assistance can be obtained. The procedure is modified somewhat for infants and children and under special circumstances (such as additional injury).

This course can be done usually in 1-2 days and does not include any diving activity.