Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
PADI-0012
Organization:
Location:
Hybrid
Length:
35 hours (flexible modular schedule)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 Physical Education, Recreation, or Diving Technology
Description

Objective:

To provide students with the knowledge of procedures, safety protocols, hazards, risks, benefits, and theory of no-decompression diving with oxygen enriched air containing 22% to 40% oxygen.

General Topics:

  • Advantages and disadvantages of diving with enriched air
  • Equipment
  • Using the Recreational Diving Plan (RDP) with enriched air
  • Managing oxygen exposure
  • Special applications in enriched air diving
  • Diving emergencies
  • Obtaining enriched air fills
  • Equivalent air depth formula
  • Oxygen partial pressure formula
  • Maximum depth formula
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Discussion
  • Laboratory
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
Supplemental Materials

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