Course objectives
This 5 day refresher course has been designed for those wishing to renew their IMCA diver medic technician certificate.

Entry requirement
IMCA advise that all divers should hold this certificate. There is a 12 week prior and 8 week after grace period, either side of the certificate expiry date to complete the refresher course, after this time you must complete the full course to renew your qualification.

Attendees will be required to have undertaken a diver medic course and hold a full and valid diver medic certificate. To qualify for the IMCA diver medic qualification, applicants must hold an offshore qualification in diving. This can be LST, diving supervisor or diving qualification recognised by IMCA.

If you do not hold a suitable offshore qualification but are keen to attend the course, please contact the National Hyperbaric Centre who will be happy to provide you with further information.

Certification
On successful completion of the course, delegates are given the relevant certificate of training. This certificate is valid for 2 years from the date of issue.

Course duration
5 days.

The NHC diver medical technician refresher course combines intensive practical modules with detailed theoretical modules to offer high quality intensive training, in diving procedures and diving medicine provided by experienced medics and diving doctors.

Topics include:

• Casualty handling under pressure
• Care of medical equipment/record keeping
• Diving related illness: HPNS, barotraumas, DCI
• Advanced life support
• Control and management of dive related injury or illness
• Insertion of chest drain
• Patient examination
• Anatomy and physiology
• Intraosseous infusion
• Use of defibrillator
• Oxygen administration