November 2009
Nick becomes an OWSI
Congratulations to Nick, who is the latest Diver to join the red shirts of Galaxsea Divers and receive the
Open Water Scuba Instructor qualification.
Nick completed his Open Water Scuba Instructor Course in the waters of Gildenburgh on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th of November.
To become an Instructor, Nick has had to go through the a ladder of dive courses including PADI Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and Divemaster. Nick also became an Assistant Instructor to gain valuable experience of instructing.
As an instructor, Nick can teach the course that he once completed to become an instructor, including PADI Open Water, Rescue Diver and Divemaster certifications.
Steve & Theresa attend DEMA
During the first week of November, Steve and Theresa jetted off to Orlando to attend the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) show 2009.
The main purpose to attend DEMA, was to receive critical updates for Course Directors. However, always keen they both completed other courses as well.
Theresa became a DAN Instructor Trainer for Dive medicine for Divers. Dive Medicine for divers is the next step for people who want to enhance their basic first aid techniques. It provides more knowledge and better understanding of our bodies respond to diving with modules including fitness to dive and safety planning.
The course includes a selection of new skills and practical applications, along with lecture topics presented by a DAN Instructor Trainer or Instructor and video programs and additional self-study information.
The first three modules are:
Basic Examinations — this module teaches how to evaluate a diver’s respiratory and cardiac function using a stethoscope.
Fitness to Dive — this module discusses what it means to be physically fit enough to dive and the medical conditions that can keep divers out of the water. There is also a discussion of basic ear-clearing techniques.
Safety Planning — this module includes processes and procedures to make your dives safer, but also discusses how to deal with the aftermath of a dive accident, including taking care of the diver’s equipment for an investigation and taking care of the rescuers afterward.
Steve completed a service course for Submersible Systems - Spare Air. SPARE AIR is the smallest redundant SCUBA system available with enough air to get you to the surface in an out-of-air emergency. SPARE AIR should be a standard piece of SCUBA diving equipment for the safety minded diver and Steve can now service SPARE AIR systems.