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Rewarding and fun – that best describes the PADI
Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your knowledge and experience level:
Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well
being of other divers. Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way
to build your confidence.
You can enroll in the Rescue Diver Course as a certified Open Water Diver (or
have a qualifying certification from another training organization) and participate
in the Rescue Diver knowledge development and rescue training sessions, in confined
water only, while working on your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
To participate in the rescue training sessions in open water, and to participate
in the open water rescue scenarios, you must be certified as a PADI Advanced
Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
Minimum age: 15 years old (12 for PADI Junior Rescue Diver)
Successful completion of a sanctioned CPR program within the past 24 months.
The Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid)
courses meet these requirements.
Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems
and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies.
During the five open water sessions,
you'll cover:
- 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
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