Hi BoundForElsewhere,
OK, I will bite on this topic...
So, I looked through the prerequisites and course syllabus. It is a 20 hour academic and two day hands-on course. If you pass you are branded a DMT.
I was thinking EMT/DMT equivalence here. But:
Course Overview (for EMT)
The course consists of 176 hours of classroom time that includes hands-on skills training sessions. The student is also required to complete two, 12-hour shift in the prehospital setting where they will ride-along with an ambulance crew. Students who successfully complete this program are eligible to take the National Registry of EMTs cognitive exam which is a computer adaptive test (CAT), as well as the National Registry of EMTs.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - INHS Health Training
To become an EMT you must perform a lot more training. While the title DMT sounds good, it is not the scuba world's equivalent of EMT.
If EMT was a prerequisite for the DMT course, I would really think highly of it.
My thoughts: This is another really cool title without the training from the scuba diving industry.
I wish the marketing people from the scuba world would allow the lawyers to tone-down some of these titles.
I am sorry for being a killjoy again.
cheers,
m