Schedule
Schedule is subject to change
Posted: 10/29/24
| Lecture / Practical | Time | Lecture Title |
| DAY 1 | ||
| (lecture 1) | 8am-9am: | Welcome/Introduction to Diving |
| (lecture 2) | 9am-10am: | Human Factors in Dive Safety |
| (lecture 3) | 10am-11am: | Advanced Dive Physics #1 (Pressure) |
| (lecture 4) | 11am-12: | Advanced Dive Physics #2 (Gas Laws) |
| 12-1pm: | Lunch Break | |
| (lecture 5) | 1pm-2pm: | Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity |
| (lecture 6) | 2pm-3pm: | Dive Tables |
| (lecture 7) | 3pm-4pm: | Helium/Oxygen Tables and Oxygen Pre-breathing |
| (lecture 8) | 4pm-5pm: | Technical diving and optimal decompression |
| 5pm- | Day 1 Exam | |
| DAY 2 | ||
| (lecture 9) | 8am-9am: | Respiratory Physiology in Diving: Part 1 |
| (lecture 10) | 9am-10am: | Respiratory Physiology in Diving: Part 2 |
| (lecture 11) | 10am-12pm: | Pathophysiology and Manifestations of DCI |
| 12-1pm: | Lunch Break | |
| (lecture 12) | 1pm-3pm: | Recompression Therapy and Adjuvant Treatment of DCI |
| (lecture 13) | 3pm-4pm: | Emergency Myringotomy |
| (practical 1) | 4pm-5pm: | Myringotomy Lab |
| 5pm- | Day 2 Exam | |
| DAY 3 | ||
| (lecture 14) | 8am-9am: | Altitude and DCS |
| (lecture 15) | 9am-10am: | CNS Oxygen Toxicity |
| (lecture 16) | 10am-11am: | Evaluation, Intervention and Evacuation of Diving Injuries |
| (lecture 17) | 11am-12: | Return to Diving after DCI |
| 12-1pm: | Lunch Break | |
| (lecture 18) | 1pm-2pm: | Non-Pulmonary Barotrauma |
| (lecture 19) | 2pm-3pm: | Medications Under Pressure |
| (lecture 20) | 3pm-4pm: | Clinical Hyperbaric Chamber Operations |
| (lecture 21) | 4pm-5pm: | Hyperbaric Chamber Safety |
| 5pm- | Day 3 Exam | |
| DAY 4 | ||
| 8am-5pm | Hands-on Hyperbaric Chamber Simulation and Procedure Day | |
| Hyperbaric Modular Systems, 1663 Pacific Rim Ct, San Diego, CA 92154 | ||
| (lecture 22) | 8am-9am: | Introduction to Chamber SIM and Procedure Lab |
| (practical 2) | 9am-5pm: | HBO Chamber Simulation Training |
| Case 1 (Oxygen Toxicity Seizure and Altered Mental Status) | ||
| Case 2 (Code in the Chamber) | ||
| Case 3 (Aborted Dive and Safe Deco of Tender) | ||
| Case 4 (Monoplace Chamber Emergency Procedures) | ||
| (practical 3) | HBO Procedure Lab | |
| Procedure Station 1 (Recognition of Tension Pneumothorax/Thoracostomy) | ||
| Procedure Station 2 (Airway Management) | ||
| Procedure Station 3 (Chamber ICU Equipment) | ||
| Procedure Station 4 (Diver Assessment) | ||
| Procedure Station 5 (Dive Gear evaluation) | ||
| 5pm- | Day 4 Exam | |
| DAY 5 | ||
| (lecture 23) | 8am-9am: | Scientific Diving: Procedures and Medical Issues |
| (lecture 24) | 9am-10am: | Long Term Effects of Diving |
| (lecture 25) | 10am-11am: | Critical Care in the Hyperbaric Chamber |
| (lecture 26) | 11am-12: | Immersion Pulmonary Edema |
| 12-1pm: | Lunch Break | |
| (lecture 27) | 1pm-2pm: | Intro. To Surface Supplied and Saturation Diving |
| (lecture 28) | 2pm-3pm: | Tunneling: Procedures and Medical Issues |
| (practical 4) | 3pm-4pm: | Rebreather Mechanics and Hands-on Dry Session |
| (practical 5) | 4pm-5pm: | Dry walk through and gear familiarization for Pool Training |
| 5pm- | Day 5 Exam | |
| DAY 6 | ||
| 7am-5pm: | Hands-on Pool Day | |
| Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center Pool: 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 | ||
| (practical 6) | 7am-5pm: | Pool Sessions |
| Station #1: Full Face Mask and Underwater Communications | ||
| Station #2: Underwater Search Techniques | ||
| Station #3: Underwater Obstacle Course | ||
| Station #4: Drysuit Familiarization | ||
| Station #5: Hypoxia/Hypercarbia/Oxygen Pre-breathe | ||
| Station #6: Re-breather Station #1 | ||
| Station #7: Re-breather Station #2 | ||
| Station #8: Injured Diver: Water Recovery and Transport Decisions | ||
| Station #9: Diver Safety Drill with Checklist | ||
| DAY 7 | ||
| day off | ||
| DAY 8 | ||
| (lecture 29) | 8am-9am: | Public Safety Diving: Procedures and Medical Issues |
| (lecture 30) | 9am-10am: | Closed Circuit Rebreather Diving |
| (lecture 31) | 10am-11am: | Hyperbaric Treatment Tables |
| (lecture 32) | 11am-12: | Saturation Diving Deco Procedures and Treatment Protocols |
| 12-1pm: | Lunch Break | |
| (lecture 33) | 1pm-2pm: | Operational Diving Medical Contingencies |
| (practical 7) | 2pm-3pm: | Decompression/Treatment Tables Small Group Exercise |
| (lecture 34) | 3pm-4pm: | Commercial Diving: Procedures and Medical Issues |
| (lecture 35) | 4pm-5pm: | Diver Occupational Health Surveillance |
| 5pm- | Day 8 Exam | |
| DAY 9 | ||
| (lecture 36) | 8am-9am: | Hazardous Marine Life |
| (lecture 37) | 9am-10am: | Fitness to Dive |
| (lecture 38) | 10am-11am: | Fitness to Dive Cases |
| (lecture 39) | 11am-12: | Starting a Dive Clinic |
| 12-1pm: | Lunch Break | |
| (lecture 40) | 1pm-2pm: | Cold Water Physiology and Thermal Protection |
| (lecture 41) | 2pm-3pm: | Dive Profile Planning and Dive Computers |
| (lecture 42) | 3pm-4pm: | Neurologic Assessment of Divers |
| (lecture 43) | 4pm-5pm: | Case Discussions in Hyperbaric Medicine |
| 5pm- | Day 9 Exam | |
| DAY 10 | ||
| 8am-5pm | Hands-on Surface Supplied/Commercial Diving Day | |
| Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) Diving Facility: San Diego, CA 92136 | ||
| (lecture 44) | 8am-9am: | Commercial Surface Supplied Diving Operations |
| (practical 8) | 9am-10am: | Facility Tour and Familiarization of Equipment and Chamber |
| (practical 9) | 10am-12: | Hands-on Commercial Diving Scenarios with Emergency Simulation |
| 12-1pm: | Lunch Break | |
| (practical 9) | 1pm-5pm: | Hands-on Commercial Diving Scenarios with Emergency Simulation |
| 5pm- | Day 10 Exam | |
| DAY 11 | ||
| (lecture 45) | 8am-9am: | Maladies at Sea |
| (lecture 46) | 9am-10am: | Cold Water Immersion and Hypothermia |
| (lecture 47) | 10am-11am: | Lung Pathology and Diver Risk |
| (lecture 48) | 11am-12: | Arterial Gas Embolism |
| 12-1pm: | Lunch Break | |
| (lecture 49) | 1pm-2pm: | Diver Death Investigation |
| (lecture 50) | 2pm-3pm: | Rebreather Diving: Medical Issues |
| (lecture 51) | 3pm-4pm: | Dive Safety: Risk Mitigation/Checklists |
| (lecture 52) | 4pm-5pm: | Current Issues in Diving Medicine: Clearance forms, Diving after COVID, 24/7 Chamber availability |
| 5pm- | Day 11 Exam | |