Question: Student Med Exam, Instructor Training?

[ricki]

I wanted to present two questions to the Forum:

1. Do you feel a medical fitness exam prior to a student undertaking formal kiteboarding training is a prudent step? If so, what components do you feel such an exam should entail?*

2. What minimum medical related training do you feel it would be appropriate for kiteboarding instructors to receive such as first aid, CPR or ?**

There is a long precident in other sports and activities for such exams and instructor training. The findings of this discussion could be forwarded to training organizations.

* Some requirements related to SCUBA diving appear at:
http://www.scuba-doc.com/medexam.htm
http://www.ecdivers.com/forms/medicalstatement.pdf
http://www.hawaii.edu/ehso/diving/MEDEX03.pdf

** Some instructor certification requirements related to SCUBA diving appear at:
http://www.naui.org/training/instructor.html

A recent discussion regarding the "usefulness" of CPR training was started on kiteforum at:
http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2317898
What views does the Forum have in this regard?