1st Aid Training in Thailand

All First Aid training through FAT Medics is managed bye Gary Hawkes, course scheduling and teaching DAN AP courses is Stephen Read & Kevin Morgan who are both Experienced Dive Medical Technicians (DMT) / Assistant Life Support Technician (A/LST). All fat medics’ staff have been fully trained through the DDRC research facility in Plymouth, UK.For the past 5 years, staff members have been dealing with over 250 diving DCI cases and many non-diving injuries. Logistics like coordinating and stabilizing diving & non diving patients, for remote evacuation via speed boat /Helicopter.This extensive hand’s on experience adds a high quality to all courses conducted. For more information on Fat Medics staff go to:http://www.fatmedics.com/about.asp

First Aid Training by Medics are based in the official "DAN Resource & Distribution Centre" (on Koh Tao in Thailand), for the Divers Alert Network in Thailand, offering quality DAN first aid training courses at all levels / DAN training materials /first aid teaching equipment and anatomical posters. http://www.fatmedics.com/

All FAT Medics training programs are over seen by highly experienced, active Dive Medic Technicians.

FAT Medics are the only trainers that offer quality training in all DAN Asia Pacific courses at all levels: Provider, Instructor, Instructor Trainer and Instructor Trainer -Trainer.

For more course prices for your area and course scheduling, email: gary@FATmedics.com or steve@FATmedics.com

Oxygen first aid courses.
DAN AP offers a variety of oxygen courses, from basic to advanced oxygen use, to train potential rescuers in administration of oxygen for diving accidents and other general first aid emergencies.

On site Neurological Assessment for Divers
This course provides training in on-site assessment of neurological signs and symptoms of decompression illness and certain other injuries in the field.

First Aid courses.
DAN AP offers high quality First Aid training at Basic (One day, “Medic First Aid”) to an advance 2 day, “Senior First Aid” course. The Senior First Aid course is a prerequisite to work with in the diving industry of certain states of Australia

First Aid for Hazard Marine Life Injuries
This program covers; marine life injuries management, Indications of hazardous marine life injuries, types of hazardous marine life injuries & first aid procedures.

Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
This program educates divers & others to better recognize the warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest and to administer first aid using Basic Life Support techniques and Automated External Defibrillator.

DAN Instructor Course
Active Diving Instructors with an active CPR certificate can participate in a DAN Instructor Course to get certified as a DAN Instructor for one or more of the courses mentioned. After you have successfully completed the DAN IC you will be able to offer the DAN course to your own students.

"DAN, the Divers Alert Network, is a world leader in the provision of accident management training for the diving community and beyond. Some of the training programs are recognized under the Nationally Recognized Training Scheme in Australia, so the courses can be in corporate as an integral part of a variety of courses conducted within the tertiary education sphere. The courses are also recognized by various Workplace Authorities within Australia and beyond.
For more information on DAN please go to:
http://www.danasiapacific.org/

Attention all SSI Professionals

To all SSI professionals, please note a prerequisite to renew as a current SSI pro for 2007-08, you have to have dive insurance + be able to deliver Oxygen through an O2 system designed for scuba diving injuries, regardless where ever you are based.
For dive insurance packages please go to the DAN web site (Under web links shown top right)
Thailand based SSI pros, have a special discount towards the DAN "Oxygen Provider for scuba diving injuries" course only through FAT Medics.

Please contact Steve on steve@fatmedics.com for more information.

Or contact Gary Hawkes (Managing Director of SSI in Thailand) on: gary@ssithailand.com

Through out 2003 - 08 Fat Medic staff have been busy working with the local community on Koh Tao Island in Thailand.
Special guests to visit and work along side our staff members included John Lippmann (Head of DAN AP) and David Natoli (DAN AP No:2)
In April and May 07 Fat Medics assisted and worked along side John and David in the ADEX & Tedex dive shows, which were held in Bangkok.

This february a PADI beach "clean up" day on koh Tao was supervised by Fatmedic staff, ensuring over 500 divers were safe. The event went with out a single incident, thanks to the well organised divers and dive schools.

2007 Events- FAT Medics are staffing and running the safety co-ordination for Koh Tao's 5km race held on the 12th August 2007.Fat medics staff, have been involved in a number of events including the world record breaking event held on Koh Tao in 2004, were the record for the "most scuba divers submerged underwater at the same time"was achieved.For more news on FAT Medics news go to: http://www.fatmedics.com/news.asp