Dive Medicine Course
Red Sea, Egypt
Take your medical skills beneath the surface.
This five-day Dive Medicine Course in Egypt equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge and practical skills to assess, manage and treat diving-related medical emergencies in remote and expedition environments.
Based on Egypt’s spectacular Red Sea coastline at ORCA Dive Club Wadi Lahmy, you’ll combine focused teaching, practical workshops and immersive diving experiences while learning alongside leading experts in expedition and dive medicine.
Throughout the week you’ll apply dive medicine principles directly in the environments where these incidents occur, developing confidence in assessment, decision making and patient management beneath the surface.
Combining classroom teaching with boat dives, house reef diving and realistic clinical scenarios, this is a unique opportunity to learn dive medicine where it happens.
Please note: This course has relocated from Oman to Egypt as part of our ongoing commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our faculty and attendees. The course content, learning outcomes and immersive practical experience remain at the heart of the programme.
Your Teaching Faculty
Course Content
Nivedita
The whole team was amazing, Aaron was particularly great with me and Mike’s experience was great to hear from and learn from as well. The Dhow team was also exceptional and constantly looked after!
Nataliya
I appreciate everybody who created this course. I am looking forward to seeing it grow and greateful to become a part of this community
Liesel
You’re doing a great job – both in the office and in the field. These courses are really fun, while making better medics out of all of us and ultimately saving lives and limbs in the process…
Peter
I highly recommend this venue, one of the call card for many of us was the unique venue. Please use this venue again
What's Included?
Field-Based Training & Practical Diving
A fully immersive programme combining lectures, workshops, and scenario-based learning delivered both on board and in the water.
Red Sea Diving Experience
This course includes two dives per day, with three days of boat diving and two days exploring the Wadi Lahmy house reef. Dive tanks, gas and weights are included.
On the final day, participants with onward travel within 24 hours of the course ending can choose to snorkel instead of dive, in line with recommended post-diving flight safety guidance.
Accommodation, Meals & Transfers
Five nights at Wadi Lahmy Azur Resort on a soft all-inclusive basis, including meals, snacks, soft drinks, water and scheduled group transfers from Marsa Alam Airport.
Please note that alcoholic beverages are not included in the course fee.
CPD & Course Certification
We have notified both RCSEd and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) of the venue change from Oman to Egypt.
Updated awarded CPD hours is expected shortly and will be confirmed here once final approval has been received, we estimate this course will be awarded 34 CPD hours (RCSEd) and 29.5 CPD hours (ACRRM).
On successful completion, you’ll receive your World Extreme Medicine Dive Medicine Course Certificate of attendance.
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Original price was: GBP £2,795.00.GBP £2,699.00Current price is: GBP £2,699.00.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this course right for me?
This course is designed for healthcare professionals and students looking to apply their medical skills to diving, expedition, and marine environments.
It’s particularly suited to doctors, paramedics, nurses, and medical professionals supporting dive teams or expeditions.
If you’re unsure whether this course is the right fit, we recommend using the Course Fit Checker or booking a discovery call.
What diving experience is required?
Participants must hold PADI Open Water certification (or equivalent) and have at least 10 logged dives. If you’re unsure whether you meet the requirements, we recommend contacting the team before booking.
How many dives will I complete?
You’ll complete two dives per day (10 in total) throughout the course, combining three days of boat diving with two days diving the Wadi Lahmy house reef, all integrated with practical medical teaching and scenarios.
If you’re flying within 24 hours of the course ending, you can choose to snorkel instead of dive on the final day, allowing you to travel safely while still enjoying time in the water.
Dive tanks, gas and weights are included.
What equipment is provided?
Personal dive equipment should be brought with you or arranged for hire directly with ORCA Dive Club before arrival. A full kit list is provided in your Course Guide after booking, but as a minimum we recommend:
Essential items
- Log book and dive certification (required to dive)
- Mask and snorkel*
- Fins*
- 3mm wetsuit (long or short, depending on personal preference)
- Dive computer (essential)
- Reel and DSMB
- BCD*
- Regulator complete with SPG*
- Whistle
- Cutting tool
- Refillable water bottle
*Available to hire locally, subject to availability. Dive tanks, gas and weights are included in your course fee.
Clothing
- Long sleeve shirt
- Lightweight trousers
- Shorts
- T-shirts
- Broad-brimmed hat
- Swimwear
- Sandals or flip-flops
- Underwear and sleepwear
Toiletries
- Prescription glasses/contact lenses and spares
- Soap/shampoo
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Lip balm
- High-factor sunscreen
- Insect repellent
Miscellaneous
- Camera
- Mobile phone and charger
- Sunglasses
- Head torch
- Dry bags
- Waterproof notebook and pencils
- Prescription medication
- Personal first aid kit
What course content is covered?
The Dive Medicine Course provides a comprehensive introduction to the medical, physiological, and operational challenges associated with diving and marine expeditions.
Course content is delivered through a combination of lectures, practical workshops, and in-water application, allowing participants to apply learning directly to real dive environments throughout the week.
Course content:
- Decompression illness part 1
- Dangerous marine animals (reinforcing safe diving practices)
- Risk Assessment (plus O2 and med kit on boat)
- Fitness to dive, pre-existing conditions
- Decompression illness part 2
- Volunteer marine expeditions
- Barotrauma/CAGE/Nitrogen narcosis
- Marine envenomation
- Specialist diving
- Common medical injuries on diving expeditions
- In water and chamber recompression therapy
- Full face masks
- First Aid kits
- Sea food toxidromes
- Expedition treatment of drowning, hypothermia
- Neuro exams
Do I need travel insurance?
Yes. Comprehensive travel and medical insurance is mandatory and must include cover for diving, aeromedical evacuation, and repatriation. We reserve the right to refuse participation without adequate insurance in place.
Travel & Accommodation
You’ll fly into Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF).
A scheduled group airport transfer is included within your course fee. We recommend booking a flight arriving before 10:00 on Monday 23rd November to allow sufficient time for immigration and baggage collection before meeting the group transfer.
The transfer to ORCA Dive Club Wadi Lahmy takes approximately 2½ hours.
Participants travelling outside the scheduled transfer times can arrange private transfers directly with ORCA Dive Club.
Accommodation is provided at Wadi Lahmy Azur Resort, where you’ll stay in air-conditioned twin en-suite rooms.
I have another question
If you wish to learn more or have any additional questions, we invite you to book a 20-minute discovery call with our team.
→ Click here to book a discovery call.
The call will be with the team who organise our courses and work closely with our medical teaching faculty. They’re best placed to explain what our attendees really get out of attending a course with us.
You can choose between a video or voice call — whatever suits you best.
Register for a time that works for you, and we look forward to speaking with you soon.
Prefer email? Then feel free to contact us.
Your safety
The comprehensive curriculum and field scenarios are carefully designed to push your limits while mitigating risks.
We take every precaution to keep participants safe by:
- Rigorous gear checks before all expedition days
- Mandatory evacuation insurance policies
- Close coordination with local emergency responders
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