PADI Rescue Diver Course

Focused learning of skills and prevention & management of problems in the water, is at the core of this course. As you learn and practice, you become more confident of your diving skills and problem solving becomes second nature.

Adventure Divers who are at least 12 years old and have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive are eligible, for the Rescue Diver course. You should also have trained (within the past 24 months) in Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid). You can undergo and complete this training during the Rescue Diver course. You may be simultaneously offered the specialty diver course Emergency Oxygen Provider, by your instructor.

The Rescue Diver course prepares you, to handle minor and major dive emergencies, using diverse techniques. As you acquire more information and perform rescue exercises, your anticipation and response to emergencies is sharpened.

Subjects include: Self-rescue, identifying and managing stress in other divers, management of emergency &equipment and rescuing frightened / panicked divers.

To effectively achieve the above, you will be using basic scuba gear and a pocket mask, to practice in-water resuscitation. While performing exercises, you will deal with oxygen unit, marker buoys and floats. You may possibly work on a CPR mannequins. Your instructor may suggest additional gear.