Commercial Diving Academy offers a comprehensive Diver Medic Specialist (DMS) program, internationally recognized and taught by Paramedic Instructors. This program is recognized by the National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology as fulfillment of the EMT minimum requirement for Diver Medical Technician and commonly referred to as module 16.

 

 

Dive Medics are required on-site in all offshore diving. Our program of study is an intensive 4 week program providing both clinical and practical training in emergency and Hyperbabic medicine. CDA works in conjunction with the Jacksonville Fire Department and the Baptist Medical Center to provide access to clinical and practical training. Our on-site medical classroom provides the needed equipment to learn anatomy and physiology and the functions of the cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous systems. You will learn to administer blood pressure, detect respiratory rates and listen to lung sounds. Students will learn to operate a Hyperbaric chamber using treatment tables and O2 to treat dive injuries. All divers who take this program will gain a greater understanding of the science of diving and in turn be smarter, safer divers.