PADI Rescue Diver Course

PADI Rescue Diver Course: Challenging, Rewarding, Essential

Often described as the most challenging yet most rewarding course divers take, the PADI Rescue Diver program fundamentally changes the way you dive. You'll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well-being of other divers, becoming a more capable and aware buddy.

This course focuses on preventing and managing dive emergencies, both minor and major. Through knowledge development and realistic rescue exercises, you'll learn critical skills until they become second nature. While the subject matter is serious, the training is often conducted in an engaging way that allows for focused learning interspersed with camaraderie.

Key topics and skills include:

• Self-Rescue: Mastering techniques to help yourself in an emergency.
• Stress Recognition & Management: Learning to identify stress in other divers and how to manage it.
• Emergency Management: Understanding procedures and essential equipment for handling emergencies.
• Rescuing Panicked Divers: Developing effective techniques to assist divers experiencing panic.
• Rescuing Unresponsive Divers: Practicing skills for rescuing and providing aid to unresponsive divers.

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age: 12 years old
• PADI (Junior) Adventure Diver certification, having completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive.
• Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months. (This EFR training can often be completed concurrently with the Rescue Diver course – ask us!)
• Your instructor might also offer the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider specialty at the same time.

Equipment: You'll use your basic scuba equipment and will need a pocket mask for practicing in-water resuscitation. During the course, you'll work with oxygen units, floats, marker buoys, and potentially CPR mannequins.

Get Credit: This course counts towards your PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, and you may even be able to get college credit!

Ready to become a more capable and prepared dive buddy? Sign up for the PADI Rescue Diver course today!

Key Topics

• Self-rescue techniques
• Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
• Emergency management and equipment
• Rescuing panicked divers (surface and underwater)
• Rescuing unresponsive divers (surface and underwater)
• In-water resuscitation practice
• Knowledge development, rescue exercises, and scenarios
• Prerequisites:
  • Minimum age 12
  • PADI (Junior) Adventure Diver with Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive completed
  • Current EFR Primary & Secondary Care (CPR/First Aid) within 24 months (can be done concurrently)
• Required Equipment: Basic scuba gear, pocket mask
• Training Equipment Used: Oxygen unit, floats, marker buoys, CPR mannequins (potentially)
• Outcomes: Increased skills in preventing and managing dive emergencies, ability to assist other divers.
• Counts towards PADI Master Scuba Diver rating
• Potential for college credit