PRESCRIBING AND MODIFYING TREATMENTS
Not all Medical Officers are DMOs. The DMO shall be a graduate of the Diving
Medical Officer course taught at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center
(NDSTC). DMOs shall have subspecialty codes of 16U0 or 16U1 (Undersea
Medical Officer). Saturation Diving Medical Officers have an Additional Qualification
Designator (AQD) of 6UD and Submarine Medical Officers an AQD of
6UM. Medical Officers who only complete the short diving medicine course at
NDSTC do not receive DMO subspecialty codes, but are considered to have the
same privileges as DMOs when treating diving accidents. Only those physicians
cited in this paragraph may modify the treatment protocols as warranted by the
patient’s condition with concurrence of the Commanding Officer. Other physicians
may assist and advise treatment and care of diving casualties but may not
modify recompression procedures.
