6. What are six basic steps for emergency management?

1. Assess the situation

2. Act on your plan
3. Delegate
4. Attend to injuries
5. Control the scene
6. Arrange evacuation to medical care

What are the basic steps for emergency management?

1. As discussed, readiness is key to dealing with emergencies.
This includes anticipating what, where and when problems are most likely to
occur, and then devising plans to handle those situations. Identifying hazards
can assist you in preventing problems or in better preparing to deal with
those that do occur.
2. If faced with an emergency, the first step is to assess the situation.
a. Follow the stop, breathe, think then act protocol. Stop and look at the
situation who is involved, where is it happening, what do you have
available to assist you? Then, think about the best solution and get ready to
act on your plan.
b. Because every emergency is unique you must be flexible and adapt to
changing factors.
3. The next step is to act on your plan.
a. If you assume the role of emergency manager, then you need to take
charge and quickly implement a plan of action.
b. If you are assisting a more qualified diver, carry out tasks as appropriate.
4. There are many tasks that do not require your personal attention. If
possible, assign tasks or delegate responsibilities to other divers or
bystanders as appropriate.
Assignments may include:
a. Calling for help
b. Assisting other rescuers
c. Observing the victim or directing inwater rescuers
d. Notetaking
e. Accounting for all those not involved in rescue
f. Controlling bystanders
5. Attending to injuries is the next step after the patient is out of the water.
a. As discussed, first aid begins with a primary assessment and continues
with a secondary assessment if no life-threatening conditions are discovered.
b. In more serious accidents, you may need to provide Basic Life Support
(BLS) and other primary care until relieved by medical personnel.

Emergency Oxygen Provider Course

Knowing how and when to use emergency oxygen is a great skill to have and
means youre ready to help others should the need arise. Becoming a PADI
Emergency Oxygen Provider lets you breathe easy knowing that you can
recognize scuba diving illnesses treatable with emergency oxygen, and are
prepared to offer aid.
6. If sufficient help is available, a rescue divers best role may be to
coordinate activities or administrate.
This may include:
a. Providing evacuation personnel with appropriate information regarding the
patient and accident.
The Diving Accident Management Work Slate was designed for this purpose.
b. Obtaining contact information from all those involved in the rescue or who
witnessed the accident.
c. Make arrangements to contact patients family.
d. Submit an incident report to local authorities, if appropriate.
7. You may need to arrange for evacuation of the patient in more serious
dive accidents.
a. Even if you suspect that a patient will need hyperbaric treatment, its
important to transport the diver to the closest medical facility. Dive accident
patients require medical stabilization and support prior to and during
chamber treatment.
b. If necessary, provide information about dive accident care so that medical
personnel understand the nature of the injury/illness and requirements for
care.
8. There are special procedures that must be followed when a helicopter
evacuation is involved. [Have student divers follow along in their PADI
Rescue Diver
Manuals as you review these procedures]
a. Direct communication between ground and helicopter is necessary.
b. The helicopter pilot will direct boat/ground personnel regarding direction,
speed, clearing, etc.
c. Remove and secure objects that may interfere with helicopter.
d. Prepare patient as directed - with personal floatation device, oxygen unit,
etc.
e. Do not touch or grab line/basket from helicopter until it touches the
ground.
f. Load the patient quickly.
g. Never approach a helicopter from the rear. Always wait for directions from
the helicopter pilot/crew.

Good evening everyone and welcome to our Recue Diver class for tonight.
You all did a great job on your chapter one knowledge review all your
answers are all marked correctly, however I would like to review with you
question No. 6. Which reads. And before I start
I.

Introduction
a. contact Slide 1
b. key points were going to talk about the 6 basics steps for
emergency management. Slide 2
Step 1. Assess the situation Step 2.
c. reinforced eventual value - application to circumstances
Again readiness is the key in dealing with emergencies.
This lets you plan, formally or informally, to handle
situations, and to identify and avoid hazards likely to cause
an emergency or complicate a rescue.
d. immediate value to local diving
As in our local diving or boat diving you need to make sure
that equipments like first aid kits, oxygen are ready, and
contact numbers for EMS are available in the dive shop or
in the boat.
e. conduct so if you want to open up your rescue manual on page
no. 35, reminder if you have any question as we go along please
feel free to ask me, and if you want to take note please do so.

II.

Content
a. Objective that were going to cover is question no 6. So lets
take a look at the slides
b. Stayed within lesson guide go through the 6 steps

c. Provide real examples I remember when I was starting to dive

in Dream Beach there is this one accident that happened
involving diver, I am amazed how dive leaders act fast on that
critical situation and well-coordinated.
d. Local environment / current level of training as you progress on
the rescue diver course youll pay increasing attention of the
safety of other diver as well as your own and thats a mark of
leader and the first step into PADI pro.
III.

Summary
a. Key points we just talked about step 1. Step 2
b. Objective that answer the question..
c. Value ones you encounter emergency situation youre ready
and can follow steps
d. Con-ed Again Rescue Diver course is the first step for being a
dive master a PADI professional leader.
e. Equipment ownership