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DAN Announces Seminars for DEMA 2008
Last Updated: 10/1/2009 10:55:37 AM

Wednesday, Oct. 22

Room #S227

• 8:30-11:30 a.m.
  Topic: Dive Medicine for Divers Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW), $250
  Realizing that many divers want more knowledge beyond what is available through lay-provider first aid courses, DAN is introducing this new program with additional skills beyond what is commonly taught in DAN courses.
  Open to Active Status DAN Instructor Trainers
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration, Certification

• Noon-1:30 p.m.
  Topic: Instructor Trainer Update, $50
  Required of all Trainers in 2008, this update will look at ways DAN is improving the quality of diving first aid courses and how to better prepare your instructor candidates.
  Open to Any DAN Instructor Trainer
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration

• 2:30-5:30 p.m.
  Topic: Dive Medicine for Divers Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW), $250
  Realizing that many divers want more knowledge beyond what is available through lay-provider first aid courses, DAN is introducing this new program with additional skills beyond what is commonly taught in DAN courses.
  Open to Active Status DAN Instructor Trainers
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration, Certification

Room #S228

• 10-11 a.m.
  Topic: DAN Instructor Update, Free
  Update for Instructors to keep current with DAN Training standards and discuss some exciting new opportunities in the future.
  Open to Any DAN Instructor

• 11 a.m.-Noon
  Topic: Inside DAN's Emergency Hotline
  Relevant cases are presented and interactively discussed from an educational perspective.
  Presenter: Daniel A. Nord, BFA, EMT-P, CHT; director, DAN Medical Services
  Open to all

• Noon -1 p.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: Technical Diving: The State of the Art, the Edge of the Envelope
  Technical diving involves every stress the diving environment can impose, often in one dive. Technical divers break the “rules” and sometimes get away with it and sometimes they don’t. Yet dive safety is as relevant for these divers as it is for the vast majority of recreational divers, and what is learned from extreme dives benefits all divers. Divers Alert Network will assist the technical diving community in capturing information from dives that may be useful to this end. This presentation will:
  • review factors relating to the safe limits of respiration, CNS oxygen toxicity, narcosis/HPNS, thermal protection and decompression.
  • describe rebreather design, testing and operation relative to open-circuit diving.
  • discuss case studies that illustrate technical diving challenges.
  Presenter: Petar Denoble, MD, D.Sc.; DAN senior research director
  Open to all

• 2-3 p.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: The Ten-Minute Breath-Hold — Tricks and Traps of Apnea
  World-record performance that includes static breath-hold exceeding 10 minutes and a maximum depth exceeding 700 feet (213 meters) has led to an explosive interest in the extreme sport of apnea. This presentation will discuss record performance, the physiology of breath-hold and guidelines for safe practice.
  Presenter: Neal Pollock, Ph.D.; research physiologist
  Open to all

• 4-5 p.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: Project Dive Exploration — Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?
  Project Dive Exploration has been an ongoing research project for DAN since 1999. This presentation will provide an update and discuss the plans of the program, including the PDE Extravaganza and in-field collection sites. The PDE Extravaganza has completed its second year and has continued to be a great success for DAN Research. While the Extravaganza lasts for only three months, the you can share your dive profile data with DAN year round. Come hear how to share your dive data with DAN and help make diving safer.
  Presenter: Donna Uguccioni, M.S.; DAN research coordinator
  Open to all

Thursday, Oct. 23

Room #S227

• 8:30-10 a.m. (Room share with session below)
  Topic: Update for Current BLSPRO Trainers and Instructors, $75
  Introduction to the updated course and new materials for those who currently teach.
  Open to Active Status DAN Trainers and Instructors who teach BLSPRO
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration

• 8:30-11:30 a.m. (Room share with session above)
  Topic: Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals (BLSPRO) Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW), $225
  For Trainers who do not teach BLSPRO. Most CPR courses are taught with the premise that emergency medical services are within 10 minutes. Since many divers are diving beyond that window of time, we arm you with additional skills and techniques for providing basic life support care. This course is taught at the level of professional rescuers and healthcare providers.
  Open to Active Status DAN Instructor Trainers
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration, Certification

• 12:30-3:30 p.m.
  Topic: Dive Medicine for Divers Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW), $250
  Realizing that many divers want more knowledge beyond what is available through lay-provider first aid courses, DAN is introducing this new program with additional skills beyond what is commonly taught in DAN courses.
  Open to Active Status DAN Instructor Trainers
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration, Certification

• 4-5:30 p.m.
  Topic: Instructor Trainer Update, $50
  Required of all Trainers in 2008, this update will look at ways DAN is improving the quality of diving first aid courses and how to better prepare your instructor candidates.
  Open to Any DAN Instructor Trainer
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration

Room #S228

• 10-11a.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: Thermal Stress and Diving
  Diving is carried out in a tremendous range of environments and conditions. Proper preparation can make a polar diver more comfortable than a tropical diver. This presentation will discuss thermal stress, thermal protection and implications for diving health.
  Presenter: Neal Pollock, Ph.D.; research physiologist
  Open to all

• 11 a.m.-Noon
  Medicine and Research Topic: Dude, Where's My Snorkel? Dive Vacation Do's and Don'ts
  The purpose of this lecture is to discuss with the attendees how to plan your dive vacation in a preventive fashion in order to take the most advantage of your diving vacationing time. Pointing out good habits and bad habits before the dive, during and after diving.
  Presenter: Daniel A. Nord, BFA, EMT-P, CHT; director, DAN Medical Services
  Open to all

• 1-2 p.m.
  Topic: DAN Instructor Update, Free
  Update for Instructors to keep current with DAN Training standards and to discuss some exciting new opportunities in the future.
  Open to Any DAN Instructor
  Training

• 2-3 p.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: Dive-Related Fatality Rates among DAN Members
  For the first time, fatality rates have been calculated based on known number of divers, thanks to DAN membership data for the past seven years. Gender, age and cause-specific rates will also be discussed.
  Presenter: Petar Denoble, MD, D.Sc.; DAN senior research Director
  Open to all

• 4-5 p.m.
  Topic: The Lore of Diving - Unfounded Beliefs in Diving Physiology
  The history of any endeavor includes beliefs once held and later rejected. This presentation will discuss myths and misconceptions that relate to diving physiology and safety. Some may amuse and others may surprise you.
  Presenter: Neal Pollock, Ph.D.; research physiologist
  Open to all

Friday, Oct. 24

Room #S227

• 8:30-10 a.m.
  Topic: Instructor Trainer Update, $50
  Required of all Trainers in 2008, this update will look at ways DAN is improving the quality of diving first aid courses and how to better prepare your instructor candidates.
  Open to any DAN Instructor Trainer
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration

• 10:30 a.m.-Noon (Room share with below session)
  Topic: Update for Current BLSPRO Trainers and Instructors, $75
  Introduction to the updated course and new materials for those who currently teach.
  Open to Active Status DAN Trainers and Instructors who teach BLSPRO
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration

• 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Room share with above session)
  Topic: Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals (BLSPRO) Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW), $225
  For Trainers who do not teach BLSPRO. Most CPR courses are taught with the premise that emergency medical services are within 10 minutes. Since many divers are diving beyond that window of time, we arm you with additional skills and techniques for providing basic life support care. This course is taught at the level of professional rescuers and healthcare providers.
  Open to Active Status DAN Instructor Trainers
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration, Certification

• 2:30-5:30 p.m.
  Topic: Dive Medicine for Divers Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW), $250
  Realizing that many divers want more knowledge beyond what is available through lay-provider first aid courses, DAN is introducing this new program with additional skills beyond what is commonly taught in DAN courses.
  Open to Active Status DAN Instructor Trainers
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration, Certification

Room #S228

• 10-11 a.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: Inside DAN's Emergency Hotline
  Relevant cases are presented and interactively discussed from an educational perspective.
  Presenter: Daniel A. Nord, BFA, EMT-P, CHT; director, DAN Medical Services
  Open to all

• 11 a.m.–Noon
  Medicine and Research Topic: Project Dive Exploration — Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?
  Project Dive Exploration has been an ongoing research project for DAN since 1999. This presentation will provide an update and discuss the plans of the program, including the PDE Extravaganza and in-field collection sites. The PDE Extravaganza has completed its second year and has continued to be a great success for DAN Research. While the Extravaganza lasts for only three months, the you can share your dive profile data with DAN year round. Come hear how to share your dive data with DAN and help make diving safer.
  Presenter: Donna Uguccioni, M.S.; DAN research coordinator
  Open to all

• 1-2 p.m.
  Topic: DAN Instructor Update, Free
  Update for Instructors to keep current with DAN Training and to discuss some exciting new opportunities in the future.
  Open to any DAN Instructor
  Training

• 2-3 p.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: Fundamentos del Tratamiento Hiperóxico/Hiperbárico del Disbarismo (DCI’s Hyperoxic/Hyperbaric Treatment Fundamentals)
  El propósito de esta presentación es la de demostrar los fundamentos físicos, fisiopatológicos, bioquímicos y moleculares por los cuales el tratamiento definitivo del accidente disbárico (EDC y EAG) es la recompresión hiperóxica dentro del ambiente controlado de una cámara hiperbárica.
  Translation: The purpose of this lecture is to show the attendees the physical, pathophysiological, biochemical and molecular principles for why a hyperoxic recompression within the controlled environment of a hyperbaric chamber is the definitive treatment for DCI.
  Presenter: Matías Nochetto, M.D.; DAN Latin America Medical Coordinator
  *NOTE: This session will be presented in Spanish only.
  Open to all

• 3-4 p.m.
  Topic: Aptitud para el Buceo (Fitness for Diving) (IN SPANISH)
  Una de las mejores maneras para practicar de manera segura un deporte, es estar física y médicamente apto para practicarlo. Esto mismo aplica para el buceo. La mitad de los buzos que sufren un accidente, presentaban una condición medica que los hubiera excluidos de poder bucear. El porcentaje en las defunciones es todavía más alarmante, es cercano al 70%. De tal manera, la mejor medida preventiva que puede seguir un buzo deportivo, es mantenerse apto para bucear. Esto, favorecerá su seguridad hará más placentero el buceo.
  También analizaremos el empleo de pruebas psicométricas en el buceo como una herramienta para diagnosticar casos subclínicos de enfermedades disbáricas, evaluar los resultados de los tratamientos médicos y poder detectar oportunamente, los efectos tardíos del buceo. Presentamos los resultados preliminares de un estudio controlado entre buceadores y no buceadores.
  Presenter: Dr. Cuauhtemoc Sanchez
  *NOTE: This session will be presented in Spanish only. See the English version at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
  Open to all

• 4-5 p.m.
  Topic: Dive-Related Fatality Rates among DAN Members
  For the first time, fatality rates have been calculated based on known number of divers, thanks to DAN membership data for the past seven years. Gender, age and cause-specific rates will also be discussed.
  Presenter: Petar Denoble, M.D., D.Sc.; DAN senior research director
  Open to all

Saturday, Oct. 25

Room #S227

• 8:30-10 a.m.
  Topic: Instructor Trainer Update, $50
  Required of all Trainers in 2008, this update will look at ways DAN is improving the quality of diving first aid courses and how to better prepare your instructor candidates.
  Open to any DAN Instructor Trainer
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration

• 10:30 a.m.-Noon
  Topic: On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers Instructor Trainer Workshop (ITW), $225
  This is one of DAN’s most popular courses and will allow you to train new instructors to conduct a thorough neurological exam that goes well beyond “quick field or 5-minute neuro.”
  Open to Active Status DAN Instructor Trainers
  Training, Fee*, Preregistration

• 1-4 p.m.
  Topic: Skills Challenge (for current DAN Trainers and Instructors)
  Come by anytime during the session and participate in the challenge. We will have skill stations set up that are designed to challenge your responses and skills. This is an excellent time to brush up or perfect your techniques. Everyone participating will be entered into a chance to win a free DAN oxygen unit!
  Training

• 10-11 a.m.
  Topic: The Lore of Diving - Unfounded Beliefs in Diving Physiology
  The history of any endeavor includes beliefs once held and later rejected. This presentation will discuss myths and misconceptions that relate to diving physiology and safety. Some may amuse and others may surprise you.
  Presenter: Neal Pollock, Ph.D.; research physiologist
  Open to all

• 11 a.m.-Noon
  Topic: Fitness for Diving (in English)
  One of the best ways to ensure safety in sports is to be physically and medically fit for it. This reality is no different in scuba diving. About half the divers who get injured had a medical condition that would have excluded them from diving. This percentage is higher in fatalities; it is closer to 70 percent. Thus, the best preventive measure for sport divers to follow is to maintain their fitness for diving. This will not only enhance their safety but also their enjoyment of the sport.
  Also, we will analyze the use of psychometric testing in diving as a tool to diagnose subclinical DCI, to follow up treatment results and to diagnose possible late effects of diving. We present the preliminary results of a controlled study between divers and non divers.
  NOTE: This seminar is presented in English. The Spanish version is Friday at 3 p.m.
  Presenter: Dr. Cuauhtemoc Sanchez
  Open to all

• Noon-1 p.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: Technical Diving: The State of the Art, the Edge of the Envelope
  Technical diving involves every stress the diving environment can impose, often in one dive. Technical divers break the “rules” and sometimes get away with it and sometimes they don’t. Yet dive safety is as relevant for these divers as it is for the vast majority of recreational divers, and what is learned from extreme dives benefits all divers. Divers Alert Network will assist the technical diving community in capturing information from dives that may be useful to this end. This presentation will:
  • review factors relating to the safe limits of respiration, CNS oxygen toxicity, narcosis/HPNS, thermal protection and decompression.
  • describe rebreather design, testing and operation relative to open-circuit diving.
  • discuss case studies that illustrate technical diving challenges.
  Presenter: Petar Denoble, M.D., D.Sc.; DAN senior research director
  Open to all

• 1-2 p.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: Dude, Where's My Snorkel? Dive Vacation Do's and Don'ts
  The purpose of this lecture is to discuss with the attendees how to plan your dive vacation in a preventive fashion in order to take the most advantage of your diving vacationing time. Pointing out good habits and bad habits before the dive, during and after diving.
  Presenter: Daniel A. Nord, BFA, EMT-P, CHT; director, DAN Medical Services
  Open to all

• 3-4 p.m.
  Medicine and Research Topic: DAN PDE y Estadísticas de Accidentes de Buceo (DAN PDE and Diving Incidents Statistics)
  El propósito de esta presentación es la de mostrar a los asistentes cómo Project Dive Exploration (DAN PDE) nos ayuda a vislumbrar cómo estamos buceando, cuáles son algunos de los factores de riesgo a tener en cuenta y desde el punto de vista de la instrucción, cómo podemos hacer que nuestros buceadores sean individuos más seguros y más preparados tanto dentro como fuera del agua.
  Translation: The purpose of this lecture is to show the attendees how Project Dive Exploration (PDE) is helping us consider how we are diving, pointing out some risk factors and, from a training perspective, how we can make our students prepared divers in-water as well as out of it.
  Presenter: Matías Nochetto, M.D.; DAN Latin America Medical Coordinator
  *NOTE: This session will be presented in Spanish only.
  Open to all

Additional Resources:
DEMAShow2008_Trainer_Registration.pdf