This course, On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers, is an advanced-level program that provides additional training for those individuals who have successfully completed the DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course within the past two years (24 months). |
Course Objective
The DAN On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers Provider (“DAN On-Site Neuro Provider”) program is designed to:
- Refresh the knowledge of the warning signs of a dive emergency
- Identify when it is appropriate to conduct an on-site neurological assessment
- Conduct an on-site neurological assessment
Learning Objectives
At the end of this program, DAN On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers, participants will be able to:
- Understand and identify common warning signs of decompression illness
- Take a dive history to determine when it is appropriate to conduct a complete n-Site Neurological Assessment
- Use an On-Site Neurological Assessment Slate to conduct a complete On-Site Neurological Assessment
Knowledge Development
- Review of Decompression Illness
- The Purpose of an On-Site Neurological Assessment
- The Five Areas Evaluated as Part of an On-Site Neurological Assessment, including:
- Mental Function
- Cranial Nerves
- Motor Function (Strength)
- Sensory Function
- Balance and Coordination
Skills Development
- Taking a History
- Taking Vital Signs
- Mental Function
- Consciousness
- Speech and Language
- Orientation to Time and Place
- Judgment
- Short-Term Memory
- Abstract Reasoning
- Calculations
- Cranial Nerves
- Eye Control
- Facial Control
- Facial Sensation
- Hearing
- Motor Function (Strength)
- Shoulders (Deltoids)
- Biceps
- Triceps
- Finger Spread
- Grip Strength
- Hip Flexors
- Quadriceps
- Hamstrings
- Feet
- Sensory Function
- Light Touch
- Sharp Touch
- Balance and Coordination
- Walking
- Finger-Nose-Finger