PADI RESCUE DIVER

Duration: 3 Days

This course is a very important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as well as increasing your confidence. As with all PADI courses, it is ‘performance’ based and involves knowledge development and 5 rescue training sessions (in pool, confined or open water, from shore or boat) plus 4 open water rescue scenarios. During these, you will cover:

• The psychology of rescue
• Preparation for emergencies
• Accident management
• Responding to diver emergencies
• Self-rescue
• Tired diver
• Panicked diver
• Response from shore or boat with both a responsive and unresponsive diver
• Distressed diver underwater
• Missing diver
• Surfacing the unresponsive diver
• Response at surface and exit
• First aid for pressure related injuries and oxygen administration

It is necessary that you have completed an EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE course or an equivalent ‘accepted’ certification including Primary care (CPR) and Secondary care (First Aid), within 24 months.

We do also ask all guest to complete a day’s diving prior to starting the Rescue Course, to check weights, buoyancy and equipment.

Prerequisites

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
• Minimum age: 15

Additional charges

• Rescue Diver manual: US$57
• Pocket mask: US$57 (recommended)
• Certification fee: US$45

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