PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Course

Cost: Dhs575 (and student manual Dhs225)

Course goals – this course will help:

a. Develop your practical knowledge of oxygen equipment use and the two primary diving maladies treatable with emergency oxygen – near drowning and decompression illness.

b. Increase your emergency first responder abilities.

c. You assist divers suffering from a near drowning or decompression illness.

d. Encourage you to participate in other related PADI courses, specifically Rescue Diver and Divemaster.

e. Encourage you to complete the Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care course.

Prerequisites

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.