FIELD NEUROLOGY FOR DIVERS

Diving injuries involving the nervous system, including decompression sickness (DCS), arterial gas embolism (AGE) and ear barotrauma (EBT), are blessedly rare, but when they do happen, these conditions require prompt diagnosis and treatment to prevent serious and lasting injury. While care of an injured diver should be passed to trained diving and medical professionals as soon as possible, recreational divers can prepare themselves to handle emergencies and assist the professionals with DAN’s training programmes.

In this special report, former Director of DAN Training Eric Douglas provides an overview of the On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers, the first step in the process of seeking treatment for all forms of decompression illness (DCI), and DAN Member Dr. Herbert Newton explains the finer points of the nervous system and how physicians make a clinical diagnosis of DCI symptoms.

PERFORMING THE DAN ON-SITE NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR DIVERS

DAN’s On-Site Neurological Assessment for Divers is one of the most important classes we offer for the simple reason that it’s the first step in determining