Tadpoles Tactics - Medical Emergencies

Tadpoles Tactics provides professional training and issue certificates for the treatment of advanced medical emergencies through two different international networks:

1) DAN Divers Alert Network

Internationally recognised and most respected First Aid Certification in the industry.

DAN courses are developed by a team of Medical and Educational Specialists: DAN courses are specialised First Aid courses, the skills and techniques are not just a small part of another course. The students get enough theory and practise time to ensure that they finish the course having gained the confidence to act fast and efficiently in case of emergency.

It is for this reason that professional Law Enforcement, Healthcare Professionals and Rescue Teams have chosen DAN Training. Amongst these Professionals are:

Several European Fire Brigades
Italian Coast Guard
Finnish Boarder Guard
European Police teams
Italian Red Cross
Slovenian Army
Italian Carabinieri and other European armed forces

DAN Courses are also used by some Medical Universities and High Schools such as in Spain and Belgium as a part of some educational programs or Masters. They are not the only ones that have chosen DAN Courses: many Dive & Life Saving Organisations prefer to work with DAN for their medical/First Aid Courses. DAN courses are also recognised / accredited by many organisations and institutions.

Tadpoles Tactics and DAN Instructor Jacopo Guarino can certify as "provider" for the following specific courses of advanced medical first aid:

BLS - Basic Life Support: Basic Life Support, or BLS, includes airway management skills such as the log roll and recovery position, one rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and additional skills like caring for a choking patient, controlling bleeding and caring for a patient in shock.
Automated External Defibrillation (AED): This course teaches to provide care for sudden cardiac arrest including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AEDs).
Oxygen First Aid: The DAN Oxygen Provider Course provides entry-level training in the recognition and management of possible injuries using emergency oxygen first aid.
Advanced Oxygen First Aid: This advanced-level program is designed to train existing DAN Oxygen Providers to use the MTV-100 or a Bag Valve Mask while providing care.
On-Site Neurological Assessment: Learn how to conduct a neurological assessment on a potentially injured person in this course.
First Aid: This program includes key skills such as illness and injury assessments, bandaging and splinting skills and emergency moves.
Medical Oxygen Rebreather: The DAN Medical Oxygen Rebreather (MO2R) Training Module is an additional training module for those individuals who have successfully completed the DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course within the past 12 months.
First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies

2) EFR Emergency First Response

Jacopo Guarino (EFR Instructor) can also arrange international certification courses to gain recognized as EFR - Emergency First Responder through Tadpoles Tactics.

Courses deal with topics of Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) and the use of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED).

This certification, for military and LE personnel, responsible citizens and expert divers, is a further step toward complete personal preparation.

Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) teaches participants how to respond to life-threatening emergencies. The course focuses on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure participants have the confidence in their ability to provide care when emergency situations arise. Primary Care (CPR) skills taught in this course:

Scene Safety Assessment
Universal Precautions - Communicable Disease Protection, including barrier use
Primary Assessment
Rescue Breathing
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Conscious and Unconscious Obstructed Airway Management
Serious Bleeding Management
Shock Management
Spinal Injury Management
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training
Emergency Oxygen Use Orientation

Emergency First Response Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening. Participants focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice. Secondary Skills taught in this course: