2012 Workshops

Guaranteed to make you safer and more effective. Learn how to reduce department liability while saving money.

This indoor workshop combines lectures and hands-on drills. It is an intense, dynamic, state-of-the-art program by Zaferes who has worked in the PSD field for 24 years.
This is like no other PSD Workshop

The following are examples of the topics we will address during this workshop in addition to answering your questions and concerns:

Includes educational handout with CD

MORNING PROGRAM:

Begins at 9:00am.

The morning program will consist of 20 minute lecture/instructional modules, each followed by 10 minute break-out sessions including case studies, practical application of the knowledge, discussion and self-evaluation.

• Module 1: 9:00-9:30am, Causes and Mechanisms of DCS
• Module 2: 9:30-10:00am, Signs and Symptoms of DCS Break: 10:00 – 10:15am
• Module 3: 10:15am – 10:45, Early Signs and Prevention of DCS
• Module 4: 10:45am – 11:15am, Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis of DCS
• Break: 11:15 – 11:30am
• Module 5: 11:30am – 12:30pm, Field Management and Final Treatment of DCS
• Lunch Break: 12:30pm – 1:30pm 

Download course description and application PDF.

Conference will be in classroom setting, therefore, seating is limited. Please register early.
Registration begins at 7:30 am; workshop begins at 8:00 am and concludes at 5:00 pm.
To register: Please mail registration form along with check or M.O. to:
180 Steel Bridge Loop 4A, Hickory, NC 28601
Standard Tuition: $ 175.00 U.S.
Registration must be submitted no later than- March 1^st, 2012

Specialty Speaker: Mack S. House Jr. CSIDT- International;
Active Member of the International Crime Scene Investigators Association
Published Author and internationally recognized expert in Underwater Forensics and Crime Scene Investigation.

Senior Instructor: Douglas Bannister CSIDT-International
Specialty Speaker and Senior Diving Instructor.
http://www.feinc.net/ForensicExperts/MH/ – http://www.feinc.net/ForensicExperts/ – https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/CSIDT1/
Also posted on USA Cops 

Overview and Synopsis:

“This communication will serve as official notice that CJS will accept the listed presentation as being available to a NC criminal justice officer participating in the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission Law Enforcement Officer Certificate Program, either at the intermediate or advanced level”. Mark Dearry, Training System Manager/CJS

It is understood that one of the most basic forms of matter are the gases that make up our atmosphere. Much is to be learned about the gases we breathe and the effects they have under certain circumstances. It is also understood that the diver, recreational or commercial, understand these properties as well as the behavior of these gases under hyperbaric conditions. This workshop is a review of these principles and affords further understanding as to the necessity of safe diving practices. Many of the gas laws reviewed, or as part of a curriculum in recreational diving, are not adequate enough to give the diver the education and understanding necessary to dive as safe as possible. This has become quite prevalent in studying mortality rates among recreational divers. The focal point of this workshop is to review typical gas laws associated in recreational diving and extend this knowledge base beyond that level. The Anatomy and Physiology and the Pathophysiological are included in order to provide clarity of each gas law and the effects of each. The subject matter extends beyond the gas laws to include the following:

Morning workshop: 4 hours given in 55 minute increments.

1. Overview of Responsibilities and Qualifications of those involved in Crime Scene and Death Investigations.
2. Documentation: including the: how, who, where, when and what.
3. Photographic evidence: including ultraviolet photography, as an intricate part of the Documentation Process.
4. Evidence: Preservation, chain of custody and evidence protection considerations. As fail safe as humanly possible?
5. Temperature control of the evidence that is collected: How to preserve and protect the evidence environment.
6. Most common requirements knowledge and skills for the CSI: Why are agency protocols different?
7. Primary gas laws.
8. Pathophysiological Aspects of Hyperbaric exposure.
9. Advanced Anatomy and Physiology: The six stages of decomposition and postmortem anatomical changes in the fluid medium including the body cooling rate. What may affect the six stages of decomposition and the body decomposition and cooling rate?
10. Immersion Hypothermia: a review of each stage.
11. Exothermic Diving increases Diver Safety.
12. Pharmacological considerations.
13. Shallow Water Blackout, Dysbaric Diving Casualties, Avascular necrosis, Pulmonary Barotrauma.
14. Gas Exchange, Nitrogen absorption.
15. Histology of Alveolar Walls, Salt water aspiration syndrome.
16. Complication regarding pulmonary elasticity: Hooks Law.
17. Diving equipment configuration and safety devices: breathing underwater; an air delivery system or life support system? Is it configured properly with the right safety systems incorporated?
18. External Canal Squeeze.
19. Barosinusitis, Cranial Nerve Barotrauma, Perilymph Fistula, Alternobaric Vertigo, BPPV.
20. Cranial Nerve Involvement.
21. AGE.

Afternoon workshop: 4 hours given in 55 minute increments.

1. Evaluation of the Scene: a methodical and systematic approach. Exceed the expectations of the court.
2. Primary tools used in Crime Scene and Death Investigations: How does the Jury interpret this information and why are specific departmental protocols used?
3. Safety and health risks involved in crime scene investigations: What are you overlooking?
4. Precipitating events: The what, where, when, how. Minimizing “dive time and diver exposure”. And why is it so important to document what was ingested, injected, absorbed or inhaled?
5. Reasonable doubt regarding controversy in fingerprints: ballistics and trace evidence. New challenges and arguments.
6. Step by step documentation process of decedent. Why does the diagram have two arrows pointing “N” north?
7. Evaluation. The Decedent, why are precipitating events so important?
8. What are some of the similarities in the submerged victim and victims on land.
9. Decontamination Protocols ~ Diving Equipment- Contamination and decontamination of equipment.
10. Panic and the diver response. The number one cause of diver fatality?
11. Saltwater Aspiration Syndrome, what is it and how does it affect the diver physically.
12. Critical Incident Stress. What is debriefing supposed to accomplish?
13. What is Reactive and Situational Depression?
14. What are bipolar, unipolar and endogenous psychological disorders?
15. Review of popular underwater homicide case in the Carolina’s; The CSIDT International Documentation.** Power point presentation**

Registration includes:

Certificate of Completion
Information Package with required forms:
Completed Learner directed documentation form; for your departmental records
Completed Provider directed documentation form; for your departmental records
Completed Synopsis outline and individual time frame; for your departmental records
Speaker evaluation and feedback form; return to Event Coordinator
Certification information form for confirmation; return to Event Coordinator

Event Name: Boston Sea Rovers Workshop- Diver Physics/ Crime Scene Investigation

Training Conducted by: Crime Scene Investigations Diver Technologists International
Event Type: Training
Date: 2012
CEUs: 8
Event Fee: $175.00 U.S.
Training Event? Yes
Preceptor ship Event? No
NOTICE: Certificates of completion will be mailed to individuals or individual departments within ten working days.

Registration:

Easy registration by copying the following information and pasting in reply mail:
Name:
Department:
Address:
BSRW-022012
Phone number:
Name to appear on Certificate:
Email address:
Please make checks payable to: Mack S. House Jr.
Please email registration information to: csidt1@gmail.com
Please mail registration form along with Tuition, check or M.O. to: 180 Steel Bridge Loop 4A, Hickory, NC 28601

Registration and payment must be received by: March 1^st, 2012

Compared to taking pictures on land, capturing photographs while scuba diving is extremely hard to do, especially when you consider that you are moving, the critters are usually moving, you can’t use a tripod and you will need to watch your air! Yet the best photos, whether taken on the land or underwater, have two important things in common, excellent composition and great lighting. In this workshop you will discover how to compose a photo well through the use of different rules and tips, plus learn techniques on how to use lighting from strobes, the environment or both to make your photos really pop. This workshop will also go over exposure and how it can be interpreted, controlled and changed, and some suggestions and tricks on how to capture underwater critters better by understanding behavior, positioning and ways to assess an area will be discussed.
Robyn Bright has a master’s degree in animal behavior and has been published in pet industry magazines and advertisements. She has studied with DeCordova Museum and has been mentored by photographers for National Geographic and more. Robyn has been teaching photography and running workshops for almost ten years. She has taken pictures all over the world including Australia, Europe, China and Africa, and underwater photos in the Galapagos, Bonaire, Indonesia, New England, Honduras, the Red Sea and Tobago. She started scuba diving in 1986.

What are the first steps to take when editing an underwater photo so it will look better? In this workshop you will discover how to recognize which photos are the best to edit, and then what to use in Photoshop Elements (cost around $85 for PS Elements software so great value!) or in Photoshop CS to give more life, or pop, to your photos without getting overwhelmed with the software. This will include learning to work with levels, hue/saturation, cropping, stamp/healing brush, sharpening, removing debris in the water and so on that can make good photos look fabulous. If wanted, please bring two to four untouched digital photos on a cd, dvd, or memory stick to look at and possibly use during this workshop.
Robyn Bright has a master’s degree in animal behavior and has been published in pet industry magazines and advertisements. She has studied with DeCordova Museum and has been mentored by photographers for National Geographic and more. Robyn has been teaching photography and running workshops for almost ten years. She has taken pictures all over the world including Australia, Europe, China and Africa, and underwater photos in the Galapagos, Bonaire, Indonesia, New England, Honduras, the Red Sea and Tobago. She started scuba diving in 1986.

In this two-part seminar, Nick Fazah, an instructor with Performance Freediving International and East Coast Divers in Brookline, MA, will take you through an academic and in-water introduction to freediving. In the classroom, you will learn about the mammalian diving reflex and the anatomy of a blackout. During the pool session, you will learn proper buddy safety and practice techniques that are proven to extend your personal breath hold ability. Novices will be challenged to double their personal bests for breath hold time. For the pool session you will need your mask, snorkel and preferably a 3 mm wetsuit (full or jacket will suffice).

NOTE: This is not a full Freediving program and does not result in any certification. The safety covered is minimal and specific to this introduction. If you plan on freediving, it is advised that you complete a full certification course.

2 Sessions of 10 Maximum each

Session I: Sunday March 11^th; Classroom 9 am to 10:00 am, Pool 12 pm to 1:00 pm

Session II: Sunday March 11^th; Classroom 10:30 am to 11:30 am, Pool 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Did you ever wonder how the top professionals capture those amazing underwater pictures?

Jill Heinerth will debunk the mysteries of working with digital cameras of all types. She will cover the fundamentals of equipment choice, exposure control, using strobes, advanced lighting techniques and working in extreme environments. Whether you shoot stills on a compact camera, video using an SLR or images on a GoPro camera, you’ll benefit from learning the essentials that make great pictures on any system.

Jill will be giving a copy of her book, Digital Underwater Photography, to all workshop participants. In this easy to understand guide, Jill Heinerth shares her secrets, techniques, and photo-expedition experiences, to help you improve your underwater digital photography. An acclaimed photographer and film maker, Jill takes you through the practices that she, and many other working pros employ to produce award-winning results. Generously illustrated with Jill’s own full color images, this guidebook is a valuable addition to every scuba diver’s library.

Register for: Learn to Shoot Like a Pro

To register, add this item to your shopping cart and checkout. Bring a copy of your receipt to the workshop.

It is impossible to eliminate risk for public safety dive teams. It is a dangerous job no matter how you look at it. However, new technology and new information can help you minimize your risk and help keep you and your team safer. This day long program covers some of the most timely topics in public safety diving. Each one is designed to help you be safer in the water. NFPA 1953 is ready to go out for comment. This seminar will address the questions of how the new proposed standard affect you and how can you get involved in the final development of the standard.

Topics to Be Covered:

Medical and Physical Fitness Standards for Public Safety Dive Teams

Medical and physical complications are the number one contributing factor to public safety diver fatalities. Tom Greenhalgh is a recognized expert in this field and a long time PS diver from Massachusetts. He is working with the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society to develop a medical standard for public safety divers to go along with the physical fitness standard recently implemented by NFPA

Surface Supply for Public Safety Dive Teams

One of the biggest risks Public Safety divers face is the possibility of an out of air emergency. Is surface supplied air a possible benefit to your team’s safety and operational readiness? Bengt Kjellberg from Interspiro will discuss this topic and demonstrate how safe and easy surface supply can be.

Using Technology to Aid Your Dive Team and Minimize Risk

Erick Estrada will discuss how ROV technology can increase the efficiency and safety of dive teams. He will demonstrate how to best utilize these emerging technologies as well as discuss their realistic limitations using real life examples.

LUNCH BREAK: 12:30-1PM. Lunch will be provided.

Supplementing Public Safety Diving Efforts with Remote Survey Technologies

Jeff Snyder will discuss additional methods for using a full range of technology to support your dive team operations.

Developing Standards for Contaminated Water Diving

Faith Ortins will report on the efforts by various agencies, including the NFPA, to develop equipment standards for contaminated water diving. She will also discuss the realistic limitations of these standards and chemical testing.  Practices you can implement immediately to improve your safety will be presented as well.

Public Safety Diving Fatalities; Lessons Learned Since 1960

Since 1960, Public Safety Diving fatality statistics have allowed the PSD community to identify trends and implement safety measures. Consequently the number of PSD deaths has decreased in recent years but a new disturbing trend is emerging. Let’s learn from the past so we can work towards a safer future.

Speaker Biographies:

Bengt Kjellberg has worked within all fields of respiratory protection throughout his career.  He is currently the Vice President for Business Development at Interspiro Inc. where he is also in charge of the Diving Division.  He joined the Swedish Costal Defense in 1968 working as a diver with the service and repair of the Swedish minefields around the Swedish coastline. After graduating from the Stockholm School of Economics he joined AGA Spiro in Sweden to develop their world wide military dive program. He was involved in the development, sales and training of military personnel around the world on dive equipment for clearance of acoustic and magnetic bottom distance mines, oxygen re-breathers for covered operations and advanced compressed air diving systems.  Bengt started up Interspiro Inc.’s US division in 1985 and Safety Equipment America in 1999. In addition, Bengt has a Diploma of Senior Management from Henley Management College in England and has been the Chair for the Americas Section of the International Society for Respiratory Protection (ISRP).

Rachael Miller is the Director and Founder of Clean Ocean. The mission of Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean is to find and remove marine debris from our oceans, bays and rivers. Marine debris takes many forms, and occurs in all marine environments, presenting myriad challenges in removing it from the water. Rachael Miller of Rozalia Project uses a VideoRay with BlueView sonar and Lyyn image enhancement system, along with the Tritech Starfish side scan sonar, to scour the bottom of a variety of venues looking for and retrieving marine debris – from small pieces of plastic to large masses of derelict fishing gear – and everything in-between. This presentation will show specific examples of how the equipment is integrated and used in concert to locate and recover a variety of objects of differing size and material, and how different benthic environments and conditions affect mission planning and execution. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of lessons learned and the strategies Rachael used to handle specific challenges related to debris search and recovery.

Mr. Jeff Snyder is the President of SeaVision Underwater Solutions, Inc. (SeaVision). He carries over 13 years of experience in diving and remote underwater survey operations. A former U.S. Navy Special Operations Officer, Mr. Snyder possesses an M.S. in Geosystems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Geology from Duke University. He is certified as a Hydrographer by the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping. He currently carries a USCG Merchant Mariner License as Master 100 Ton (Inland)/Mate 200 Ton (Near Coastal), and he had been previously certified as a commercial surface-supplied air diver through the ADC. In his work, Mr. Snyder frequently uses tools and techniques that can be easily tailored to support public safety search and recovery efforts.

Faith Ortins is the Vice President in charge of sales for Diving Unlimited International. She has been working for DUI for 15 years and developed their public safety program 6 years ago. Her scientific and technical diving and volunteer public safety diving experience gives her a unique perspective on the issue of contaminated water diving and its unique challenges. She is currently working with NOAA on the development a complete contaminated water diving system. She is also a member of the working group for NFPA 1953 which will issue standards for contaminated water diving equipment sometime in 2013/2014.

Blades Robinson began his Public Safety Diving career in 1980 and presently serves on the Board of Directors for Dive Rescue International and is the Executive Director of the International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists, a non-profit organization dedicated to Public Safety Diving safety and reducing line of duty deaths. Blades Robinson began his public safety diving career in 1980 when he was hired by Indian River County (FL) Fire Rescue. He served on that department for 27 years serving many years as his agency’s aquatic rescue training officer. His affiliation with Dive Rescue International began in 1990 when he became a corporate trainer. He has been on the Dive Rescue International Board of Directors since 1993, and also serves as the executive director of the International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists since 2000.

Paul Montgomery led the development of standards and curriculum for ERDI in 2004 and continues to work on reviewing and expanding ERDI’s courses and materials. He drew upon his years of public safety diving in Maine where he was a firefighter and dive center owner. He currently serves as ERDI/SDI/TDI’s director for international business development and is an ERDI Instructor Trainer

Presented by Stush Doviat PADI Northeast Regional Manager.

More info to follow.

Please pre-register.

Add Eddy Current Inspection to your set of skills. Learn how to use this highly accurate technique to thoroughly inspect the threads of SCUBA cylinders. Offer this option to your clients, or just use your own gear with greater confidence.

Oxygen cleaning of cylinders for SCUBA use is neither a complicated nor a highly technical procedure. This 2 hour course meets the guidelines established by the CGA, OSHA, NASA and the manufacturers and will provide you with the information you need to know in order to properly clean SCUBA cylinders for use in oxygen service.

Your valve is an integral part of your gear. Learn how to perform basic repairs and care properly for your valve. Do not lose dives to a problem you can easily avoid or fix on your own.

This formal course in the visual inspection of SCUBA and SCBA cylinders prepares the graduate to professionally and thoroughly inspect breathing air cylinders. It includes both lecture and practical application. PSI training is recognized by US courts as meeting the definition of “has been trained” and is the only inspection course formally recognized by the US Department of Transportation.

This full course is also intended, at a reduced tuition of $175,  for previously certified PSI Inspectors whose last course was more than three years ago.

This course if for those inspectors WITHIN three years for their last PSI Inspector training.

If your last training was your 2006 VCI course then you need to take the full course all over again, albeit at a reduced cost of $175.  If you decide to take the course at BSR let me know and I’ll put you on the list and the cost will be only $100 (in thanks to all your work setting up the seminars for me this year).  If you want to take it at BTS, however, you need to register with BTS for the UPDATE course and then attend the full VCI course.  This is because of the way BTS handles registgration and payment.