CPR/First Aid & Oxygen Provider Certifications

DAN (Divers Alert Network)

Denver Divers teaches our CPR, First Aid, and Oxygen Provider through Divers Alert Network (DAN). DAN is a nonprofit, dive safety organization designed to assist scuba divers with emergency medical advice and assistance for all types of scuba diving injuries. DAN also provides a wide range of comprehensive educational and training programs designed to teach the student to deliver vital assistance that can make the difference with an injured scuba diver.

SSI React Right

React Right is SSI's emergency training program, consisting of the following basic components: Primary Assessment, First Aid & CPR Skills, Primary Stabilization Techniques, and includes two optional components: Oxygen Administration in Diving Emergencies and Automated External Defibrilation Basics. Students who complete this program earn the SSI React Right specialty certification.

DAN Basic Life Support & First Aid

The DAN Basic Life Support and First Aid (BLSFA) course provides entry-level training in providing basic life support (BLS) to adults with life-threatening injuries while activating emergency medical services (EMS). Basic life support includes airway-management skills such as the log roll and recovery position, one-rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation, use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) and additional skills like caring for a choking person, controlling bleeding and caring for a person in shock. The first aid portion of this program includes key skills such as illness and injury assessments, bandaging and splinting skills and emergency moves. This program meets current American Heart Association (AHA) and International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) guidelines on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care. It is an instructor-led program featuring skills demonstrations, both in video and in person, and skill practice with manikins.

DAN Oxygen Provider

DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course is designed to train and educate scuba diver in the techniques of using oxygen as first aid for a suspected dive injury. In addition, this course will introduce novice divers to the fundamentals of recognizing diving injury warning signs, response and management. The course is not designed to train lay persons to provide oxygen to the general public. While the medical standards and equipment are the same regarding the emergency use of oxygen for both divers and non-divers, the DAN Oxygen Provider course does not prepare individuals to respond to the ill or injured member of the general public by using emergency oxygen.

How far will you go?

Specialty Diver

• 12 Logged Dives
• 2 Specialty Programs

Advanced Open Water Diver

• 24 Logged Dives
• 4 Specialty Programs

Master Diver

• 50 Logged Dives
• 4 Specialty Programs
• Diver Stress & Rescue

Professional Level Certification