Description
Dive Medical Technician (DMT): 100% Online
Divers get hurt far from a hospital. When they do, the person on the boat, the dock or the chamber floor has to recognize a diving injury, manage it and get the patient to definitive care. This course prepares EMTs, paramedics, PAs and NPs to be that person.
Who this course is for
- EMTs and paramedics who dive, or who want to work in diving
- Medics supporting recreational dive operations and resorts, commercial and offshore diving, public safety dive teams and scientific diving
- Providers who work in, or want to work in, hyperbaric medicine
- Physician assistants and nurse practitioners adding diving medicine to their practice
Built for the medic, not the diver
Traditional DMT courses were designed to turn commercial divers into medics, so they spend days on clinical skills. You already have those skills. This course builds on what you know and teaches the diving: the physics, the physiology, the injuries and how to manage them. That is why it can be delivered completely online.
What you will learn
- Diving physics, gas behavior and the physiology of pressure
- Decompression theory, decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism
- Barotrauma of descent and ascent, and diving-related pulmonary emergencies
- Oxygen toxicity and other gas-related problems
- Assessment of the diving casualty, including the dive neurological exam
- Other diving injuries, including environmental and marine injuries and contaminated-water exposures
- Differential diagnosis of the injured diver
- Recompression treatment procedures and invasive procedures under pressure
- Chamber operations and operational safety
- Field and operational practice, from the dive site to definitive care
- Infection prevention and control
How the course works
- 100% online and self-paced. Start when you enroll and work on your own schedule
- Narrated modules with assessments, and a comprehensive final examination
- On completion you receive your DMT course completion certificate and documentation of your 40 continuing education hours
Who can enroll
Enrollment is open to a current EMT, paramedic, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
Continuing education
- 40 CE hours, approved by Florida EMS for EMT and paramedic continuing education
- Course title: Dive Medical Technician – Online
- Florida tracking number: 20-1405486
IBHBOT board certification pathway
Graduates who meet the applicable eligibility and credentialing requirements may pursue Dive Medical Technician (DMT) board certification through the International Board of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (IBHBOT).
Completion of the Trilogy EMS course provides the educational component of the certification pathway. IBHBOT establishes and administers its own certification eligibility, application, and examination requirements.
About Trilogy
Trilogy Emergency Medical Solutions is a veteran-owned EMS education company founded in 2010 and a Florida-approved EMS training provider (#50-29993). Trilogy’s Dive Medical Technician course is approved by the International Board of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (IBHBOT).
Questions
Will my employer accept this course?
Every employer sets its own requirements, so check with yours before you enroll. The course is approved by Florida EMS for 40 hours of EMT and paramedic continuing education (tracking #20-1405486) and provides the education requirement for Dive Medical Technician certification through the International Board of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
Do I need to be a diver?
No. Many DMTs support diving from the surface, the boat or the chamber.
Is there any travel or classroom time?
No. The entire course is online.
Can I pay over time?
Yes. Pay-over-time options are available at checkout.
Want diving and hyperbaric medicine together?
The Unified DMT/RHT Course combines this course with the Registered Hyperbaric Technician course in one program.
Questions before you enroll? Email training@trilogyems.com.
