he programmes offered by the Partners in the DMT Training Group are accredited or recognized by the appropriate Regulatory Agency. For example, ADC International in the USA recognizes diver education in accordance with OHSA (US Federal Department of Labor, USA) Regulation 29 CFR Part 1910: 410; in the United Kingdom, it is the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who administer the "Diving at Work Regulations" which cover all aspects of diving, and in Australia it is the Department of Labour who control diving related training.
This area of specialized education at the Paramedic Level, which was the first programme in this area based upon Competency, was introduced in 1989 and accredited by the National Board of Hyperbaric and Diving Medical Technology in 1991. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the United Kingdom reviewed the programme and approved it in 1992.
The Diver Medic Technician Paramedic (DMT-Paramedic) programme was then dived into lower levels of training and in 1994, when the US Federal Department of Transport published their Competency Guidelines for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), the DMT series of programmes was adjusted to ensure inclusion of all EMT Competencies at the levels published.
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