Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Taster Day
Summary
This one day taster course is ideal for any doctor or medical student wanting to gain an insight into Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. It offers practising doctors an overview of diving & hyperbaric medicine, the diagnosis and management of the hyperbaric medicine patient, fitness to dive criteria, diving accident recognition and management, as well as hyperbaric facility operations with the opportunity to experience a ‘dry dive’.
Description
The day will include seminars, presentations and practical experience in:
- Physics and Physiology of Diving and Hyperbaric medicine
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Research at DDRC Healthcare
- Fitness to Dive
- Decompression Illness
- Diving in Remote Places
- Recompression Chamber Dive (35-40m)
Course Duration
- 1 day, 0830 - 1700
Certification
- DDRC Certificate of Attendance
Students can use promotional code TASTER to book at the reduced price of £80. This is subject to production of a valid NUS card which should be emailed to training@ddrc.org when booking and produced upon arrival at the venue if requested.