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First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
Serious hazardous marine life injuries are rare, but most divers experience
minor discomfort from unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfish and
other marine creatures. This course teaches divers to minimize these injuries
and reduce diver discomfort and pain.
A diver surfaces from a dive in an area abundant with coral, removes his fins
and finds redness, swelling and blisters just beginning to show on his left
ankle. He also experiences a stinging sensation on the same ankle.
A diver, following a dive to an area filled with marine life, notices a small
bite pattern on his lower right leg and some stiffness; he also experiences
difficulty swallowing, has a generalized weakness and a slight numbness in the
area of the bite.
A diver experiences pain, nausea and some swelling associated with a
purple-and-black puncture wound in his left knee.
The common thread from each of the three injuries is that they likely came from
contact with some form of hazardous marine life. Given similar circumstances
with you or a dive buddy, would you be able to appropriately treat each injury?
Although serious hazardous marine life injuries are rare, most divers experience
minor discomfort from unintentional encounters with fire coral, jellyfish and
other marine creatures at some point in their dive careers. Knowing how to
minimize these injuries helps you reduce diver discomfort and pain.
The First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries program is designed to provide
knowledge regarding specific types of marine creature injuries and the general
first aid treatment for those injuries.
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