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Onsite Neurological assessment |
Learn how to conduct a neurological assessment on a potentially injured
diver in this course. The information gained in this assessment can
help convince a diver of the need for oxygen first aid, and help a dive
physician determine the proper treatment. Approximately two-thirds of
divers with decompression illness have evidence of damage to the
nervous system. These signs are often vague and can go unrecognized by
the diver. This can cause them to be dismissed as insignificant or not
dive-related. This program focuses on how to obtain essential
information about a diver involved in a dive emergency and what
information to relay to emergency medical services. Only medical
professionals should diagnose medical conditions. The information you
gather while performing a neurological assessment will be useful to
help the dive physician understand the extent of the injury and how it
has changed in the time it took to get the diver from the dive site to
definitive care.
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