PADI Rescue Diver

The PADI Rescue Diver course is the beginning of an experience beyond recreational diving. Rescue divers are taught how to deal with and manage diver emergencies, using a whole variety of rescue techniques. It also heightens your own safety awareness, as of course other divers. It gives you an awareness to help prevent and foresee diving problems. The course takes 2 days and consists of some classroom work and many realistic open water training scenarios and an exam. With this course you have to complete the EFR course.

Students complete knowledge training online through PADI eLearning prior to beginning class ($240.00 paid upon enrollment).

Some of the training:

Self-rescue and diver stress

AED and emergency oxygen delivery systems

dive first aid

swimming and non-swimming rescue techniques

emergency management and equipment

panicked diver response

underwater problems

missing diver procedures

surfacing the unconscious diver

in-water rescue breathing protocols

egress (exits)

first aid procedures for pressure related accidents

dive accident scenarios

Prerequisites:

Advanced Open Water Certification

Physically fit and mentally ready

Current first aid certified

Current CPR certified

Tuition: $950.00.

Includes:

    Use of backboard, oxygen kits, AED, advanced first aid kits

    Beach and Pool rescues with assistants and fellow classmates

Minimum age requirement 12 years. Advanced Open Water Diver certification.