Learn how to identity and prevent problems. Demonstrate the ability to perform self-rescue, learn how to handle various types of diving incidents and provide rescue aid.

Rescue Diver course includes:

Ten rescue exercises

• Tired diver
• Panicked diver
• Respond from shore, boat or dock (responsive diver)
• Distressed diver underwater
• Missing Diver
• Surfacing the unresponsive diver
• Unresponsive diver at the surface
• Exiting the unresponsive diver
• First aid for pressure-related injuries and oxygen administration
• Response from shore/boat to unresponsive non breathing diver at the surface

Two rescue scenarios

• 1 – unresponsive diver underwater
• 2 – unresponsive diver on the surface

Theory

Rescue PADI certification

Pre-requisite

• be 12 years old,
• be PADI (Junior) Adventure Diver (or holding similar certification obtained from another organization),
• completed EFR Primary and Secondary Care training and valid within 24 months,
• PADI forms (medical statement…).

EFR Primary and Secondary Care training may be completed with rescue diver course.