DELS Objectives:

DELS training encompasses the current European Resuscitation Council and International Liason Committee on Resuscitation Guidelines with the combined knowledge of the ophysiology of diving, thus ensuring best clinical practice in the treatment and evacuation of injured divers, regardless of the aetiology of their condition.  Following an international set syllabus, training is universal and applicable worldwide, no matter where your diving operations take place.

   
  • To promote the standards of training of the RCSEd Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care and,
    • The British Association of Immediate Care - BASICS;
  • To provide Adult Emergency Oxygen Administration to an injured diver in accordance with the standards of the RCSEd Manual of Core Material and the current British Thoracic Society Emergency Oxygen Administration Guidelines;
  • To provide effective airway management to an injured diver who is either conscious or unconscious, in accordance with the standards of the RCSEd Manual of Core Material;
  • To provide appropriate resuscitation to a critically injured diver in accordance with current best clinical practice guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council & the Resuscitation Council (UK);
  • To promote a greater understanding of the pathophysiology of diving so that emergencies can be dealt with by the most appropriate means;
  • To evacuate an injured diver in communication with the emergency services to an appropriate medical facility in under four hours:
  • To egress an injured diver, administer Emergency Oxygen and conduct a Neurological examination, reporting to the DDMO in under 60 minutes;
  • Evacuate the casualty to an appropriate medical facility by the most efficient means in under 3 hours in communication with a DDMO and the Emergency Services;
  • Handover the casualty to an appropriate medical team, normally at a Category -1 Recompression Chamber in under 4 hours.