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PADI Rescue Diver Qualification

is a demanding, rewarding and potentially life saving course. In the Open Water and Advanced Courses focus on the development of your personal diving skills to insure your safety. The Rescue Diver Qualification provides you with the skills to manage minor and major dive emergencies including  including self rescue, diver stress, diving first aid, emergency management, exit and rescue plans and assistance procedures for both conscious and unconscious victims on the surface and underwater.

• Pre-requisites:

• - Minimum age of 15 years

• - Successful completion of the PADI Advanced Open Water Qualification

• - Emergency First Response Course or other recognized course (completed within the last two years)

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• Classroom section for the Rescue Diver Course:

• - Self Rescue
  - Diver stress
  - The different forms of stress and their symptoms
  - Managing diver stress
  - First Aid Equipment
  - First aid procedures
  - Emergency management
  - Rescuer readiness
  - Equipment readiness
  - Information readiness
  - Common equipment problems
  - Equipment function
  - Release function and problems
  - Recognizing rescue situations
  - Rescuing the “responsive” diver at the surface
  - Rescuing the “responsive” diver underwater
  - Rescue exits to the boat or shore with the “responsive” diver
  - Missing diver procedures
  - Rescuing the “unresponsive” diver at the surface
  - Rescuing the “unresponsive” diver underwater
  - Equipment removal and exits to the boat or shore with the “unresponsive” diver

• Live scenarios

• On the final day of the course you will be given two real life scenarios. Your final accreditation will depend on your sucess on this day. Good luck!

• 1. UNDERWATER SEARCH- In this scenario a diver has gone missing from a group of divers. You must show and enact the leadership skills to organize the search and rescue.

• 2. EGRESS AND MANAGEMENT- An unconscious diver has disappeared from the surface... from this point anything can happen. This is where is gets real interesting as you must adapt your rescue plan to the rapidly changing conditions. This is a serious scenario that is demanding and very rewarding once you have achieved a successful conclusion. 

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PRICE $264.00
(add 2 days of municipal reef fees and chamber insurance total $8.00)

We offer great savings with two or more divers

 

OPEN WATER AND SCUBA DIVER    ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER    EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE    RESCUE DIVER
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