Dive Leader Syllabus

Lesson Type Code Name Contents Venue SDC Personal skill development, building experience, site conditions, types of diving, no clear DT1 The Role of Dive Leader surface diving, drift diving, night diving, deep diving, Risk assessment, known and unknown sites, leading the less experienced. BUDC Cardio Pulmonary Assessing needs, priorities, clear airway, decision process, Artificial Ventilation AV), Cardio DT2 Resuscitation Pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). BUDC O2 Administration Oxygen and Diving Oxygen, decompression illness, burst lung, near drowning, shock, Carbon Monoxide DT3 Incidents poisoning. BUDC O2 Administration DT4 Casualty Assessment Completing the casualty assessment forms. BUDC O2 Administration Oxygen Administration DT5 Oxygen cylinders and regulators, pocket masks, oxygen kits, oxygen precautions. Equipment BUDC O2 Administration Oxygen Administration in Practicalities, administering oxygen, fluids, evacuation, missed decompression, entonox, DT6 Theory lessons Practice safety considerations. BUDC O2 Administration Use of Oxygen DT7 Administration Equipment BUDC O2 Administration Dive objectives, site information, charts, electronic position fixing, transits, tides, tide tables, DT8 Dive Planning tidal flows, weather. BUDC Incident prevention, Incident pit, safety, recovering casualties from the water, first aid, DT9 Rescue Management 1 records, emergency services, managing activities, delegation. EXTERNAL PRM DT10 Helicopter Operations Helicopter evacuations, preparing for a lift. BUDC DT11 Rescue management 2 Crowd control, media management, incident reporting, legalities. EXTERNAL PRM Role of the dive marshal, check lists, diver briefings, marshalling the dive, charter boats, DT12 Role of the Dive Marshall Shot lines, knots, lifting shot lines, Dealing with emergencies. BUDC DP1 Dive Marshalling 1 BUDC Dry Practical Lessons DP2 Dive Marshalling 2 BUDC DO1 Open Water Lesson Mid-water deployment of Delayed SMB BUDC

DO2 Dive Leading Demonstration Full demonstration of dive leadership BUDC DO3 Dive Leader Practice Practice dive leadership. BUDC

Open Water Dives DO4 Shot Recovery Lifting bags, recovering the shot, mid water deployment of DSMB. BUDC Rescue Management DO5 Practice management of certain incident scenarios. Scenarios EXTERNAL PRM Diving and Rescue Skills DO6 Mask clearing and AAS ascents from 15m. Review BUDC DO7 Rescue Skills Review Rescue from 15m, towing with AV for 50m, CPR, Oxygen enriched CPR. BUDC