PADI Rescue Diver
Make diving safer for you and others
The PADI Rescue Diver course makes the serious subject of accident prevention and management enjoyable and rewarding.
It takes your focus beyond yourself and your buddy to make diving safer for others as you can learn to recognize and prevent potential diving accidents and how to handle them if they do occur.
What will I do?
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 scenario
How long will it take?
This is split into two theory and pool sessions follwed by Open Water scenarios, usually an evening of theory and two full days in the lake or ocean.
What will I need?
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.
Where can I go from here?
The PADI Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all Professional level PADI courses, beginning with the PADI Divemaster certification.
What will it Cost?
Only £220 including all materials and loan of kit! *
We always offer easy payment installments on each and every course. Pay for each section at a time...
*Divesite enterance fees and air not included.
