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Nationally Accredited Course

11448NAT — Course in Providing First Aid to a Compressed Gas Diving Casualty

First aid training for diving-related emergencies.

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Diver first aid training with oxygen and resuscitation equipment on a dive boat

Nationally Accredited

11448NAT nationally accredited course

Diving Emergencies

Focused on decompression illness and other diving-related emergencies

Oxygen & Resuscitation

Includes oxygen therapy and advanced resuscitation (HLTAID015)

For the Diving Community

For commercial and recreational diving environments

Course purpose

Diving emergencies present circumstances that are not commonly encountered in general first aid. This course prepares responders across every phase of a diving emergency:

  • Understand — before anything goes wrong
  • Prepare — before you are needed
  • Assess and Respond — the first minutes
  • Recognise and Manage — working out what is wrong
  • Coordinate — until they are handed over

Designed for commercial and recreational divers, dive professionals, instructors, divemasters, supervisors, boat crew and operators — anyone who may need to respond to a diving-related casualty.

What the course teaches

  • Recognising and managing decompression illness, including decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism
  • Managing barotrauma and other pressure-related diving injuries
  • Responding to drowning and immersion-related incidents
  • Providing oxygen therapy to a diving casualty
  • Advanced resuscitation using airway adjuncts and suction (HLTAID015)
  • First aid for envenomation and injuries from dangerous marine animals
  • Assessing and monitoring a diving casualty until handover
  • Coordinating emergency response, evacuation and contact with diving emergency services

Qualifications issued

On successful completion, participants receive a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for:

  • NAT11448001 — Provide first aid to a compressed gas diving casualty
  • HLTAID015 — Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy

HLTAID015 is included within the course, providing nationally recognised training in advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy alongside the diving-specific unit of competency.

Prerequisite: Participants must hold a current HLTAID011 Provide First Aid certificate.

Course delivery and pricing

Course delivery is planned to commence in December 2026, potentially sooner. Register your interest and VitalMed First Aid will keep you updated as the course progresses towards rollout and the first course dates are confirmed.

Course fee $249.00 Inclusive of HLTAID015
Early bird — save $74.00 $175.00 Available to everyone who registers their interest

No payment is required to register. Simply submit the form below and VitalMed First Aid will keep you updated on the course rollout and upcoming dates. Everyone who registers their interest will be eligible for the early-bird price when bookings open.

Register your interest

There is no payment or commitment required. Register below to receive course rollout updates, upcoming dates and access to the early-bird price when bookings open.

No payment required. Your details will only be used to keep you updated about this course.

Registered Training Organisations

11448NAT is available for licensing to RTOs seeking to add specialist diver first aid training to their scope of delivery.

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Developed for Diving

Developed by VitalMed First Aid specifically for diving-related emergencies

Practical & Relevant

Practical skills contextualised to real diving environments

Clinical Experience

Delivered by experienced paramedic trainers

Sydney Based

Training in Collaroy and on-site across Australia