EFR/DEA/O2 (Emergency First Response / Défibrillateur / Oxygène)

Nepteau runs Emergency First Response training — covering CPR, defibrillator use (DEA) and emergency oxygen administration — as a standalone calendar session, often timed alongside the Rescue Diver course. At a centre running dives in cold, sometimes current-affected water in the St-Laurent, first aid training is treated as a practical companion to dive safety rather than a bureaucratic checkbox.

The course covers the full EFR curriculum: primary and secondary care, AED use and oxygen delivery for diving emergencies. For divers heading into technical diving with Nepteau, first aid competency is a natural part of the progression before moving into planned decompression or trimix work.