Diver Medical Technician (DMT) – DAN Europe DMT Course in Thailand
10-Day Diver Medical Technician Course for Professional, Technical and Remote Divers
5 days eLearning
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5 Days practical
DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician (DMT) Course – Phuket, Thailand
Tech Dive Asia offers the DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician (DMT) course in Thailand for experienced divers and dive professionals seeking advanced emergency-response and diving-medical training. The course combines 5 days of eLearning with 5 days of face-to-face practical training, covering patient assessment, emergency care, diving-related injuries and medical response in the diving environment. Contact us for upcoming course dates, prerequisites and availability.
This is a DAN Europe certification.
Important: This DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician course is not an IMCA-approved Diver Medic Technician course and is not intended to provide IMCA certification for commercial diving.
What is a Diver Medical Technician?
A Diver Medical Technician (DMT) is a trained member of a diving operation who can provide advanced first aid and emergency medical support to an injured or ill diver while further medical assistance is being arranged.
Diving emergencies can occur far from hospitals, emergency departments and specialist medical services. A DMT provides an important link between the initial incident, the diving team and definitive medical care.
The role can include:
- Assessing an injured or unwell diver
- Performing primary and secondary patient assessments
- Monitoring vital signs
- Providing emergency oxygen
- Performing CPR and using an AED
- Managing airways and respiratory emergencies
- Managing bleeding, wounds and traumatic injuries
- Recognising and responding to diving-related illnesses
- Assessing suspected decompression illness
- Recognising barotrauma and pressure-related injuries
- Managing medical emergencies in remote environments
- Communicating effectively with medical professionals
- Supporting evacuation and transfer to definitive medical care
- Understanding the principles of hyperbaric and chamber-based care
DAN DMT Course – Designed for the Realities of Diving
Our DAN DMT course has been designed specifically with the needs of professional and experienced divers in mind.
Often diving takes place in remote locations. Either liveaboards far from shore, cave diving sites in the jungles of South East Asia or mines located far from civilisation. The course is particularly relevant to people working or diving in environments where emergency medical assistance may not be immediately available and a dive medic is the first line of support.
This includes:
Professional Divers
Develop advanced emergency medical skills relevant to professional diving operations and the care of diving casualties.
Technical Divers
Technical diving can involve deeper dives, complex equipment, extended decompression and remote locations. DMT training provides additional medical knowledge for managing emergencies in these demanding environments.
Dive Boat Operators
Learn how to assess and manage a diving casualty while coordinating the response, communication and evacuation process from a dive vessel.
Liveaboard Operators and Crew
Liveaboard operations can take place many hours or days from the nearest hospital or specialist medical facility. DMT training helps crew members prepare for medical emergencies occurring offshore and in remote locations.
Dive Guides and Dive Professionals
Develop advanced first-response capabilities that complement existing rescue, first aid and diving qualifications.
Diving Explorers
Exploration diving often takes place in environments where conventional emergency services are unavailable or delayed. DMT training provides additional preparation for remote diving emergencies.
Diving Safety Personnel
For those responsible for diving safety, emergency preparedness or diver support, DMT training provides a deeper understanding of casualty assessment, emergency treatment and diving medicine.
A 10-Day DAN Diver Medical Technician Course
Our programme is structured into two connected phases:
Phase 1 – 5 Days of eLearning
The first five days are completed through structured online learning. This allows you to work through the medical and diving-related theory before attending the practical course. The eLearning component covers a broad range of subjects relevant to the Diver Medical Technician, including:
- The role and responsibilities of the DMT
- Anatomy and physiology
- Scene safety
- Primary and secondary patient assessment
- Patient historyVital signs
- Airway management
- Basic Life Support
- CPR and AED
- Emergency oxygen
- Respiratory emergencies
- Cardiovascular emergencies
- Shock
- Bleeding and wound management
- Burns and electrical injuries
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Immobilisation and splinting
- Neurological emergencies
- Stroke, seizures and head injuries
- Abdominal emergencies
- Diabetes and medical emergencies
- Environmental emergencies
- Marine life injuries
- Diving physics
- BarotraumaGas poisoning and contaminants
- Oxygen toxicity
- Decompression illness
- Neurological assessment
- Remote diving emergencies
The course curriculum includes extensive material covering patient assessment, emergency life support, trauma, environmental emergencies, diving physics, barotrauma, DCI/DCS and remote diving.
Phase 2 – 5 Days of Practical DMT Training
The second phase is five days of intensive practical training. This is where the theory becomes practical. You will work through realistic medical and diving emergency scenarios designed to develop your ability to assess a casualty, prioritise treatment and work as part of a diving emergency response team. Practical training includes classroom-based skills, scenario training and introduction to the hyperbaric chamber.
Depending on the scenario, practical training may include:
- Patient assessment
- Primary and secondary surveys
- Vital-sign monitoring
- Neurological
- Airway management
- Airway maintenance (laryngeal mask)
- CPR and AED
- Emergency oxygen administration
- Trauma assessment
- Bleeding control
- Wound management
- Suturing
- Splinting and immobilisation
- Shock management
- Setting up intravenous infusions
- Use and hazards of the drugs and intravenous fluids
- Parenteral administration of drugs
- bladder catheterisation
- Chest decompression for pneumothorax
- Recognition of diving-related illness
- Management of suspected decompression illness
- Management of barotrauma
- Emergency communication
- Remote emergency planning
- Hyperbaric chamber procedures
- Working with diving physicians and medical support
- Scenario-based emergency response
The emphasis is not simply on knowing the theory. It is on being able to apply your knowledge when a diver needs help.
Why Choose a DAN Europe DMT Course?
The DAN Diver Medical Technician course combines diving knowledge with advanced emergency medical training.
It is designed around the realities of diving environments rather than generic first aid alone.
You will learn how to consider:
The patient.
The diving environment.
The dive profile.
The potential diving injury.
The available resources.
The distance from definitive medical care.
The need for evacuation and medical support.
This is particularly important when diving takes place offshore, on liveaboards, from remote dive boats, on technical expeditions or in locations where emergency medical services are not immediately accessible.
Meet the DMT Training team
When choosing Diver Medical Training it is important to consider who you are training with. Not just their experience but are they currently working in the field and keep up to date with the lates treatment trends. Our DMT instructor team work at the local hyperbaric chamber and treat real patients
Kevin Morgan
Operations Manager at SSS Recompression Chamber Network
Kevin Morgan is a professional instructor certifier and qualified Dive Medic Instructor with more than 25 years of experience working with Thailand’s leading recompression chamber network. His expertise spans recreational diving, dive safety, emergency response, and hyperbaric medicine.
With practical experience assessing and managing diving injuries, supporting hyperbaric treatments, and responding to field emergencies, Kevin delivers Dive Medic Technician training grounded in real-world application, confidence, professionalism, and high instructional standards.
His goal is to equip divers and dive professionals with the knowledge and skills to recognize, manage, and respond effectively to diving emergencies.
Kevin Black
Technical Diving & Rebreather Diving Instructor Trainer
With over 20 years of teaching experience in both Technical Diving and Diving First Aid Kevin brings advanced knowledge on remote diving, technical diving, cave and mine diving both in open circuit and rebreathers to the team. When Kevin is not conducting dive operations he is an active volunteer at the Phuket chamber both as Chamber operator and tender.
Kevin’s focus is that a Diver Medical Technician is a critical component of any Technical Dive Team or Diving Exploration Team and every remote diving team should have a DMT on site during dive operations.
Who Should Take the DAN DMT Course?
The course is suitable for experienced divers and diving professionals who want to develop advanced medical emergency skills specifically relevant to diving.
It may be particularly suitable for:
- Professional divers
- Expedition divers
- Technical divers
- Dive instructors
- Dive boat operators
- Liveaboard crew
- Hyperbaric and chamber support personnel
What Will You Learn on a Diver Medical Technician Course?
By completing the course, students develop knowledge and practical skills in areas including:
Patient Assessment
Learn a structured approach to assessing a casualty, obtaining a patient history, identifying immediate threats and monitoring vital signs.
Emergency Life Support
Develop practical skills in CPR, AED use, airway management and emergency oxygen administration.
Trauma and Injury
Learn how to recognise and manage bleeding, wounds, burns, musculoskeletal injuries, shock and other traumatic emergencies.
Diving Emergencies
Develop an understanding of diving-related medical conditions including decompression illness, barotrauma and other pressure-related problems.
Neurological Assessment
Learn the principles of neurological assessment and recognition of neurological emergencies.
Environmental Emergencies
Prepare for medical emergencies associated with remote and challenging environments, including marine-life injuries and environmental illness.
Remote Diving
Understand the additional challenges of managing an injured diver when professional medical assistance and definitive care may be far away.
Hyperbaric Medicine
Develop an understanding of hyperbaric chamber operations and the management of diving casualties in a chamber environment.
Medical Communication
Learn how to communicate effectively with medical professionals and provide relevant information when requesting medical advice or arranging evacuation.
Learn Online. Train Hands-On.
Our blended 10-day DAN DMT course gives you the flexibility of online theory combined with intensive practical training.
5 Days eLearning
Complete the theoretical component online before attending the practical training.
5 Days Practical
Attend five days of classroom, scenario and chamber-based practical training.
One Integrated Course
The online and practical components are designed to work together, taking you from theory to practical application.
Where does the Diver Medical Technician course take place?
The DMT Course takes place at :
SSS Hyperbaric Chamber Facility in Phuket, Thailand.
Located in:
SIRIROJ HOSPITAL Phuket
44/1, Moo.5, Chalermprakiat Ror 9, Vichit, Mueung Phuket, Phuket, 83000 Thailand
Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GsLfs87yMRc4pp5WA
Nearby accommodation:
Blue Carina inn Hotel Phuket
https://maps.app.goo.gl/SfCx4BTPRCbroCqA9
Just across the road from the Recompression Chamber in Phuket
2027 Course Dates
eLearning is available throughout the year
Practical Training Dates listed below:
Class size is limited so book well in advance.
Prepare for the Emergency Before It Happens
A medical emergency is not the time to learn what to do.
For divers operating offshore, on liveaboards, from remote vessels or in isolated locations, the ability to recognise a problem and begin appropriate emergency management can be critical while further assistance is being arranged.
The DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician course gives experienced divers and diving professionals the opportunity to build specialised medical knowledge and practical emergency-response skills for the diving environment.
Train for the environment you actually dive in.
DAN Diver Medical Technician Course – Frequently Asked Questions
What is a DAN DMT?
A DAN DMT is a Diver Medical Technician trained through the DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician programme. The course provides specialised medical emergency training for divers and diving professionals, including patient assessment, emergency treatment, diving-related injuries and hyperbaric considerations.
Is this course DAN Europe certified?
Yes. This course is a DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician certification.
Is this an IMCA DMT course?
No. This course is not IMCA approved and does not provide an IMCA-recognised DMT certification for commercial diving.
Can commercial divers take the DAN DMT course?
If you require an IMCA-recognised DMT certificate for commercial/offshore diving, you should take an appropriate IMCA-approved course.
Commercial divers may be able to take the course depending on their circumstances and the requirements of their employer or diving operation. However, this course should not be represented as an IMCA-approved commercial Diver Medic Technician qualification.
How long is the DAN DMT course?
Our course is 10 days in total:
5 days eLearning + 5 days hands-on practical training.
Is the practical training hands-on?
Yes. The practical component includes classroom-based practical skills, emergency scenarios and hyperbaric chamber training.
Is this just a first aid course?
No.
The DAN DMT course goes beyond generic first aid by focusing on medical emergencies in the diving environment, including diving-related injuries, pressure-related conditions, remote diving and hyperbaric considerations.
Who is the course designed for?
The course is particularly suited to professional divers, technical divers, dive boat operators, liveaboard operators, diving explorers and other experienced divers who may operate in environments where access to emergency medical care is delayed.
Does the course include chamber training?
No. The five-day practical component includes an introduction to the hyperbaric chamber however there is a separate course available should you wish to become a Chamber Operator and Tender.
Why should a technical diver take a DMT course?
Technical diving can involve deeper depths, complex dive profiles, extended decompression and remote environments. DMT training provides additional medical and emergency-response knowledge relevant to managing an injured or ill diver while further medical assistance is arranged.
Is the DAN DMT qualification the same as an IMCA DMT qualification?
No.
Although the courses share the Diver Medical Technician / Diver Medic Technician terminology and have overlapping subject areas, certification and recognition are different. Our course is a DAN Europe DMT certification and is not IMCA approved.
Ready to Become a Diver Medical Technician?
If you are looking for a DAN DMT course that combines comprehensive online theory with five days of intensive practical and chamber training, our 10-day DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician course provides a focused pathway for experienced divers and diving professionals.
Develop your knowledge.
Develop your practical skills.
Prepare for diving emergencies.
Become a DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician.
Book your Diver Medical Technician Course Now !
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Certification
Certification: DAN Europe Diver Medical Technician (DMT)
Course duration: 10 days
Theory: 5 days eLearning
Practical: 5 days hands-on classroom and practical training
Course focus: Diving medicine, emergency medical response, casualty management and remote diving emergencies
Designed for: Professional divers, technical divers, dive boat operators, liveaboard operators, diving explorers and other experienced divers