Diving Medical Responder (DMR) Course

Comprehensive Diving Accident Management

Paramedic-Led, Scenario-Driven, Field-Focused

When a diving emergency happens, the outcome is shaped in the first minutes: recognition, oxygen management, neurologic assessment, and evacuation decisions—often offshore, in heat, on a moving vessel, and far from definitive care.

The Diving Medical Responder (DMR) course is built for dive leaders who want more than “basic first aid.” This program delivers real-world diving accident management taught by experienced paramedics and dive medics, with training designed to prepare you to act decisively and defensibly when it matters most.

Who This Course Is For

DMR is ideal for anyone responsible for divers or operations, including:

• Scuba Instructors

• Divemasters

• Dive boat captains and crew

• Public safety dive team members

• Commercial and scientific divers

• Dive supervisors and expedition leaders

• Any diver who wants comprehensive accident-management capability

No prior medical certification is required for the standard DMR track.

Why DMR: Depth of Training That Matches the Reality of Diving Emergencies

Diving incidents are not typical first aid scenarios. They can involve decompression illness, arterial gas embolism, hypoxia, pulmonary barotrauma, near-drowning, immersion pulmonary edema, and neurologic compromise—often with delayed symptom onset and subtle early findings.

DMR training emphasizes:

• Dive-physiology and mechanisms, not symptom memorization

• High-flow oxygen therapy as managed care (not just “put a mask on”)

• Structured neurologic assessment and trending over time

• Operational decision-making for evacuation and communications

• Scenario-based performance under realistic conditions

This is practical, field-focused training designed to improve readiness and support professional risk management.

What You’ll Learn

Diving Accident Recognition & Response

• Decompression sickness (DCS): recognition, red flags, progression

• Arterial gas embolism (AGE) and pulmonary barotrauma considerations

• Near-drowning/aspiration, hypoxia, and respiratory distress

• Environmental injuries: heat illness, hypothermia, envenomation, trauma

• When to escalate—early and decisively

Oxygen Delivery & Management (Dive-Specific)

• Delivery systems: NRB, demand valve, BVM with reservoir

• Continuous oxygen strategies during transport

• Equipment setup, troubleshooting, and failure points

• Oxygen supply planning and cylinder duration fundamentals

Neurologic Assessment for Divers

• Structured dive neuro exam

• Motor/sensory testing, balance, cognition, cranial nerve screening

• Documentation and serial reassessments

• Communicating findings clearly during consultation and transfer

Evacuation, Communications, and System Interface

• Building an effective emergency action plan

• Offshore/remote coordination and transport priorities

• Communicating with medical consultation resources and receiving facilities

• Patient packaging and handoff documentation essentials

Training Format

DMR is delivered in a hybrid format to maximize flexibility and skills performance:

1) Online Academics (Self-Paced)

Students complete online modules covering diving physiology, injury recognition, response priorities, and operational considerations.

2) In-Person Skills & Scenarios (3 Days)

Students complete hands-on training focused on:

• CPR/First Aid (as applicable)

• Patient assessment and structured decision-making

• Oxygen administration and management

• Scenario-based diving emergency response

• Field management and evacuation coordination

Training location: Pompano Beach, Florida (in-person component)

Healthcare Provider Track (If Applicable)

Licensed/certified medical professionals may qualify for a streamlined skills pathway based on existing credentials (CPR/O₂/patient assessment competencies). The course remains dive-specific and emphasizes diving injury management, neurologic assessment, and operational response.

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Risk Management Value: Preparedness That Supports Defensibility

For dive professionals and operators, training is part of the safety system. In any incident review, the standard of care is evaluated based on what a reasonably prepared professional would do under similar circumstances.

DMR helps strengthen operational readiness by training responders to:

• Recognize time-critical diving injuries early

• Apply oxygen therapy correctly and continuously

• Perform and document structured neurologic assessments

• Make sound evacuation and communication decisions

• Lead the scene calmly and professionally

No course eliminates risk. DMR is designed to mitigate risk through competence, not minimum compliance.

Course Tuition

DMR Tuition: $750

Register Now

Be prepared. Be competent. Be ready to lead when it matters most.

Register for the Diving Medical Responder (DMR) course here:
https://trilogyems.com/courses/dmr-divingmedicalresponder