National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen introduced its recently enhanced IMCA approved Diver Medic Training Course with improved course content and intensive practical elements.

NHC’s full saturation system, capable of taking divers to simulated depths of 450m, has been used for various activities since the centre opened 25 years ago, including testing subsea equipment, hyperbaric trials and daily NHS treatments.

NHC’s Training Department are very lucky to have access of this facility where advanced diver training courses can ‘take the classroom inside’ and carry out practical elements within realistic chamber environments. NHC’s most recent DMT Course, following the newly updated syllabus, undertook part of the exam within the saturation chamber; a timed scenario was set up for them to deal with using only equipment they had readily available. The tight confines and lack of available back-up personnel proved to be challenging, but all candidates coped well and felt they benefited from such a realistic experience which would best prepare them for a real-life situation.

DMT and DMT Refresher courses following the new structure are being run regularly throughout 2014 both at the NHC facility in Aberdeen and also at Unique Systems FZE in Dubai.

Press Release, January 15, 2014; Image: nhctraining