PADI Rescue Diver

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How do you take a subject like accident prevention and management and turn it into fun? Call it the padi rescue diver course.

The course develops on your skills and knowledge you have developed so you can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and applying first aid. The course is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver. Padi rescue diver certification is a prerequisite for all padi leadership courses i.e. dive master and above.

To be able to do the rescue diver program you need to be certified as a padi advanced diver and be at least 15 years old. There is a junior course for 12-14 year olds who hold junior advanced open water. You also need to have completed the padi emergency first response course within the last 3 years. The course will cover:

• Self rescue and diver stress
• Diving first aid
• Emergency management and equipment considerations
• Swimming and non-swimming assists
• Panicking diver response
• Underwater problems
• Missing diver procedures
• Surfacing an unconscious diver
• In-water artificial respiration
• Rescue exits / recoveries
• First aid procedures for pressure related dive accident scenarios

After successfully completing the course you will receive the internationally recognised Padi Rescue Diver Certification Card

Why not call in, or contact us and book a course today.