James E Maddux - Set Medic, SCUBA Instructor, Safety Diver

PADI Instructor
Safety Diver
Dive Medic

I have been training SCUBA divers since 1996. As a PADI Instructor, I am certified to teach others how to dive according to the PADI curriculum, as well as it serving as a benchmark to my personal diving accomplishments.

I provide training for groups and individuals in the following PADI courses:

PADI Courses	PADI Specialties
Open Water Diver	Altitude Diver
Advanced Open Water Diver	AWARE Fish Identification
MEDIC FIRST AID	Boat Diver
Rescue Diver	Dive Propulsion Vehicle
Divemaster	Drift Diver
	Dry Suit Diver
	Enriched Air Diver
	Multilevel Diver
	Night Diver
	Peak Performance Buoyancy
	Search & Recovery
	Underwater Naturalist
	Underwater Navigator
	Underwater Photographer
	Underwater Videographer

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Safety Diver

My experience with diving and the undersea environment Safety Diver Credit for Discovery Channel Shark Week has given me the skills to be Safety Diver. While working for Hydrosphere in San Pedro, California, I engaged in over 450 out-of-cage shark dives as a safety diver.

I have worked as a safety diver on a number of government related projects as well as film productions. A partial list of films follows.

Project

Men of Honor

Stuart Little

Discovery Channel Shark Week

Good Morning America

Planet X

Power Rangers

Junkyard Wars

Local Boys

Two Cops

Government Projects


Local Boys Starring Mark Harmon

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Dive Medic

My experience with emergency medical procedures and professional SCUBA diving has allowed me provide first-aid for many dive accidents related to SCUBA or interaction with ocean life. I continue my dive-related medical skills by working at the Santa Catalina Island Hyperbaric Chamber.

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