Medical Examiner of Divers 2025

The course content follows the approved curriculum of the Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC), the European Diving Technology Committee (EDTC), and the European Committee of Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM) so to reflect a uniformly balanced and internationally recognized program of instruction. This course has been approved by the Diving Medical Advisory Committee and the European Diving Technology Committee (DMAC/EDTCmed) as a Level 1 - Medical Examiner of Divers course. This is a specific training course preparing Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners (NPP) to examine commercial, sport, scientific, and other related public service divers, and determine their fitness to dive.

Course Goal

The goal of this course is to prepare Physicians and NPPs to examine professional, sport, scientific, and other related public service divers, and determine their fitness to dive.

Course Topics

• Hyperbaric Physics
• Hyperbaric Pathophysiology of Immersion
• Pathophysiology of Decompression
• Inert Gas Narcosis and Oxygen Toxicity
• Characteristics of Various Divers
• Diving Equipment
• Regulations and Standards for Diving
• Commercial Diving and Practical Demonstration
• Dive Tables and Computers; Flying After Diving
• Professional and Recreational Fitness Standards
• Non-Dysbaric Diving Pathology
• Medications Under Pressure
• High Pressure Nervous Syndrome (HPNS)
• Acute Dysbaric Disorders
• Long-Term Health Effects
• Diver Incidents and Accidents
• Fitness to Dive Standards
• EKG Assessment
• Fitness to Dive (Including Pulmonary Function Tests)
• Fitness to Dive Assessment Cases

Other course information

• You will be required to bring a laptop or iPad/tablet. This is needed so you can take the online exam and to follow along with the lectures as you wish. Paper copies of the exam will be available.
• If you are attending for a renewal, please note that you will still be expected to take the full exam. 
• You will be provided with a web link to access all the lecture presentations & handouts. 
• You will be given a notebook to take notes (this notebook will have just the lecture topics and objectives).