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Handicapped Scuba Association International HANDICAPPED SCUBA ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTOR MANUAL ACADEMICS FOUNDED 1981 Any Time Any Place HSA Website and all of its functions are available on your iPhone, iPad, Android Phones and Tablets. Load the HSA Website with Google (fastest) and Safari, just enter ‘hsascuba.com’ in the Google search box, or select from Bookmarks in Safari. This is a very convenient way of having everything in your pocket, including your HSA Manuals and Certification Card! Load the HSA Website by Login to your account as In your Member’s Area you entering hsascuba.com into usual; member number, have all functions, view Google or select it from last name & password your c-card, register new Bookmarks in Safari members, Update Ins., etc In Training Mats you can From Download Training Scroll through your digital Download Training Materials Materials we selected Instructor Manual anytime giving access Manuals, Instructor (and Dive Master) anyplace. Exams & Answers, and more Manual, it loads fast! @2019 Handicapped Scuba Association HANDICAPPED SCUBA ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE 1104 El Prado, San Clemente, CA 92672-4637 [email protected] & www.hsascuba.com & www.facebook.com/HandicappedScubaAssociation Telephone +949-498-4540 TABLE OF CONTENTS ITC Enrollment Forms (in S&P) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 101 History & Purpose --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Course Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Psychological Adjustment to a Physical Disability --------------------------------------------------------- 4 Post-Traumatic Stress PTSD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Shaping Student/Instructor Relationships ------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Disability Types --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Spinal Cord Injury ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Spina Bifida ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Quadriplegia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Spinal Cord Diagram ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Paraplegia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Decubiti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Exaggerated Reflexes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Orthostatic Hypo-Tension (Low Blood Pressure) ----------------------------------------------------- 16 Hyperreflexia, Autonomic Dysreflexia (High Blood Pressure) ------------------------------------------ 16 Hemiplegia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 Head Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) ----------------------------------------------------- 18 Developmental Disabilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Autism ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 Cerebral Palsy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 Amputations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 Hearing-impaired, Deaf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Sight-impaired, Blind ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Muscular Dystrophy (MD) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Diabetes Mellitus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Cancer Patients ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 Seizure Disorder (Epilepsy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 HSA Physical Performance Requirements, History & Development ------------------------------------------ 35 Multilevel Certification ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Criteria for Certification, ADA & Volunteer Protection Act ------------------------------------------ 38 Instructor Liability Insurance & Teaching Status ----------------------------------------------------- 38 HSA Physical Performance Requirements – What’s Important & Why -------------------------------- 38 In-Water Training Considerations ---------------------------------------------------------------- 41 Transfers, Donning Exposure Suits & Scuba ----------------------------------------------------- 42 Water Skills, Entries, Surface Control, Swimming & Descents ------------------------------- 44 Gas Laws, Tissue Breakdown, Sunburn, Hypothermia & Abrasions ------------------------------- 50 Equipment Considerations -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 Accessibility Considerations -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 Open Water Training ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 APPENDICES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62 Vendors: Diving Prosthetics, Webbed Gloves, etc. ----------------------------------------------------- 65 Wounded Warrior Combat Stress Recovery Program ------------------------------------------------ 66 Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chretien, Letter of Support ------------------------------------------ 70 Film: Freedom in Depth Teaching Points ---------------------------------------------------------------- 71 Film: To Fly in Freedom Teaching Points ---------------------------------------------------------------- 72 Reaching Out – Finding People with Disabilities for Scuba ----------------------------------------------- 73 HSA WEBSITE FEATURES & USE ---------------------------------------------------------------- 74 HSA Instructor/Dive Buddy Exam (in S&P) -----------------------------------------------------------------89 ©1987-2019-1hq Handicapped Scuba Association Instructor Manual Academics HSA MISSION STATEMENT FOUNDED IN 1981, THE HANDICAPPED SCUBA ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING OF THE ESTIMATED 58 MILLION AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES, and MILLIONS OF OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD, THROUGH THE EXHILARATING SPORTS OF SCUBA DIVING, SNORKELING & TRAVEL. MADE UP OF OVER 10,000 SPECIALLY TRAINED UNDERWATER EDUCATORS, DIVE BUDDIES, AND SCUBA DIVERS WITH DISABILITIES, LOCATED IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES, THE HANDICAPPED SCUBA ASSOCIATION’s UNIQUE ALL-INCLUSIVE AQUATIC THERAPY & REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ASSURE THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE QUALITY TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND DIVE TRAVEL ADVENTURES. The HANDICAPPED SCUBA ASSOCIATION is a Not-For-Profit 501 (c) 3 Corporation Author James A.F. Gatacre, HSA Founder, Instructor CD1-0001 Medical research Patricia R Gatacre Contributors Larry Thompson HSA A-0077 Ken Force HSA A-0047 Michelle Galler HSA C-0006 Julie Mora Perez HSA C-0041 Susan Langford Jones HSA I-0547 Denise Dowd, OT HSA CD10-0010 Hubert Chretien HSA CD23-0820 Lucia Sodré HSA CD15-0454 Natan Cohen, MD HSA CD40-2338 Felicia Kostecky HSA CD132-2808 Scott Taylor HSA CD11-0182 Carol Huserik, CTRS HSA I-2514 Stewart W Snyder III HSA CD09-1050 The contents of this Manual are the property of the HANDICAPPED SCUBA ASSOCIATION, and are copyrighted. No reproduction is permitted without the express written permission of the author, James A.F. Gatacre. The First ITC Key Largo Florida taught by Jim Gatacre June 19-20, 1986 Jayne Martin, Susan Papes, Bill Harrigan, Jim Campos, D.J. Morin, Marie Louise Morandi Long, Bill Batina and Ken Force. ©1987-2019-1hq Handicapped Scuba Association Instructor Manual Academics HISTORY & PURPOSE The founder of HSA is Jim Gatacre, NAUI Instructor #CD-6969. In his own words, “I started diving in 1973 as a result of my own disability and have spent my entire diving career assisting, teaching and sport diving with handicapped students and divers. I have a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of California at Irvine, and taught Marine Biology for two years at the Dana Point Marine Science Laboratory, Orange County Department of Education (California). I founded the HSA in 1981.” The HSA’s History and Purpose are as follows: The HANDICAPPED SCUBA ASSOCIATION HSA had its genesis in 1975 at University of California-Irvine as a research pilot program looking at self-image changes. All participants, with or without disabilities, were expected to perform all training exercises. Two classes were conducted & the program ended. For the first class in 1975 we were unable to find a boat Captain willing to take us out for training dives. HOW FAR HAVE WE COME? Two decades later, the Kona Aggressor Live Aboard yacht was retrofitted to accommodate wheelchair users, then later that same year the FIJI AGGRESSOR was launched, “built” to accommodate wheelchair users, with accessible, rooms, bathrooms and an elevator to the upper decks.
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