DMAC Level 1 – Medical Assessment of Divers (Medical Examiner of Divers)
This two day face-to-face course provides training to enable doctors to perform “fitness to dive” assessments of working and recreational divers (and hyperbaric chamber workers). Following successful completion of this course a doctor working in the UK may contact HSE and apply to become a HSE Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (AMED).
Core modules include:
Diving physics and physiology
Safety in hyperbaric chambers
Chamber and diving equipment
Decompression illness (DCI)
Fitness to dive regulations and standards (recreational and commercial) for divers and tunnellers
Fitness to dive discussion and case histories
Fitness to dive practical assessments and techniques including skills stations
Fitness to dive after DCI
Medications under pressure
Practical training under pressure (pool/chamber)
Funding, resources and support societies
Clinical governance and risk assessment
Management responsibilities
Note that to enrol on this course you must have previously completed the RCSEd Online Diving Medicine Module. To become an AMED, you must also have a recognised qualification in occupational medicine (minimum of diploma).