SSI Adopts Powered By DAN First Aid Training

SSI is incorporating DAN’s curriculum into its first aid courses, according to an announcement from DAN. The move brings dive training and first aid preparedness at dive sites closer together.¹

SSI joins NAUI, IANTD and SEI among the training agencies that have adopted the Powered By DAN program.¹

For divers, instructors and dive centers, this means more first aid courses can draw on the same foundation of DAN expertise.¹

Before You Dive

First aid is an integral part of dive safety. DAN’s stated goal is to have capable first aid providers at every dive site.¹

Safety at sea includes both planning the dive and ensuring that people at the site can respond effectively when an incident occurs.¹

According to DAN, Powered By DAN lets dive training agencies incorporate skills and standards from its basic life support, CPR, oxygen administration and other courses into their own first aid training.¹

The partnership brings together complementary expertise. Dive agencies specialize in dive training and in-water education, while the announcement describes DAN as a source of expertise in first aid for diving injuries.¹

SSI Integrates DAN’s Curriculum into Its First Aid Courses

DAN has announced that SSI, Scuba Schools International, is incorporating DAN’s curriculum into its first aid courses.¹

The announcement describes SSI as the world’s largest business-based training agency. Its adoption of DAN’s curriculum brings these first aid materials to a broad training platform.¹

DAN supplies the e-learning materials and teaching slates. Dive training agencies host the content on their own platforms and certify instructors and instructor trainers through their own systems.¹

This arrangement keeps DAN’s subject expertise within the courses while the dive agencies manage training and certification.¹

SSI Joins NAUI, IANTD and SEI in Powered By DAN

DAN notes that NAUI, IANTD and SEI already participate in Powered By DAN, with SSI joining them.¹

SSI’s participation expands the group of training agencies using DAN’s skills and standards in their first aid courses.¹

In the announcement, Bill Ziefle, DAN’s president and CEO, said the program’s expansion would mean more people learning the same protocols.¹

He explained that seconds can matter in an emergency, and consistent training could help people respond together more effectively.¹

DAN Aims to Have Capable First Aid Providers at Every Dive Site

JoAnn Perry, DAN’s director of training, set out the organization’s goal in the announcement: capable first aid providers at every dive site.¹

That goal connects training with readiness on site, where someone may need to give immediate help before other responders arrive.¹

DAN presents Powered By DAN as a way to help more divers and dive professionals learn shared protocols, as well as providing course materials.¹

As more instructors, agencies and platforms use a common approach to training, DAN sees an opportunity for more consistent emergency responses.¹

DAN Describes Its Curriculum as the Dive Industry’s Most Comprehensive

DAN’s announcement describes its curriculum as the most comprehensive in the dive industry, covering more skills than other first aid courses for people without medical qualifications.¹

The announcement lists basic life support, CPR, oxygen administration and other courses among the material incorporated into dive agencies’ first aid training.¹

Guido Watzig, CEO of SSI International, said that safety underpins every dive and that first aid training is essential to developing responsible divers.¹

He said the DAN partnership is intended to give SSI professionals and divers access to comprehensive first aid training grounded in research.¹

Dive Safely and Responsibly

The practical message is that dive safety extends beyond knowing your equipment, planning your entry and controlling your buoyancy.¹

According to DAN, first aid training helps the diving community respond together when time matters.¹

Shared protocols are particularly relevant at dive sites, where instructors, divers, crew and training agencies may work alongside one another on shore or at sea.¹

For anyone who sees diving as an ongoing responsibility, adopting first aid programs based on DAN’s curriculum shows how training and safety can develop together.¹

Frequently Asked Questions

What has SSI adopted through Powered By DAN? ¹

SSI is incorporating DAN’s curriculum into its first aid courses as part of Powered By DAN.¹

Which other agencies are named alongside SSI? ¹

DAN says SSI joins NAUI, IANTD and SEI in the Powered By DAN program.¹

What is DAN’s wider goal? ¹

DAN’s stated goal is to have capable first aid providers at every dive site.¹

Sources

1. SSI Adopts Powered by DAN First Aid Programs