FREEDIVING EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER
(FEMR)
Taking your dive safety skills to the next level.
As freedivers, we often find ourselves traveling to less populated areas to dive such as the springs, small islands, cenotes, or on boats. Because of these remote locations, this may mean extended periods of time for advanced medical help to reach you. That means you may be someone’s best chance at survival. This course was started because, as healthcare providers, we saw a need for freedivers to have some sort of medical training in emergencies. Our Freediving Emergency Medical Responder Course (FEMR) teaches lifesaving interventions to freediving injuries, as well as many other injuries and medical conditions that can occur in an outdoor environment.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS: Jamie and Daniel are the owners of Freedive Medicine LLC. They specialize in first medical response and outdoor survival. Together, they have almost 40 years of medical experience in pre-hospital paramedicine, emergency care, critical care, austere, and flight medicine. They have also served as members of the medical teams for freediving competitions in Roatan, Honduras and Long Island, Bahamas.
Cost: $400
Class size: 8 students.
Course Dates: June 18 - 20
Duration:
3 Days | 8 Hour classes each day from 9am-5pm
Day One: Classroom / theory study and open water session.
Day Two: Classroom / theory study and open water session.
Day Three: Open water all day.
Location:
Each classroom session will be held in Gainesville, FL.
Each open water portion will be held at a spring local to Gainesville.
Exact locations will be provided to students after check out.
Included in the course:
Lifesaving techniques for freediving injuries
Assessment/interventions of traumatic injuries
Recognition of medical emergencies
Multiple days of in water drills and rescue techniques
Hemorrhagic bleeding simulation
Anatomy and injury simulation with porcine lung
Certification types:
FEMR (Freediving Emergency Medical Responder) through Freedive Medicine LLC
Stop the Bleed through American College of Surgeons
CPR, AED, First Aid through American Heart Association OR DAN Basic Life Support CPR and First Aid
DAN Emergency Oxygen
ADDITIONAL OPTION: DAN Basic Life Support, CPR, First Aid, & Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Injuries.
Please note, this certification option will require some online e-learning to be done before the class, as well as a written exam at the end of the class. If you would prefer this option over the other certification choices, please let us know in the notes during check out.
Course Requirements:
Diver must be over the age of 18 to take this course.
Diver must be able to swim confidently without aid.
**Divers are NOT required to be freedive certified to take this course.**
*** Course schedule may be subject to change due to weather / spring conditions. The course will still be held on the same dates, but we may move classroom and open water times. Students will be notified ahead of time if any changes will be made. ***
