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PADI Rescue Diver

PADI Rescue Diver

Prerequisites

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification
Or a qualifying equivalent
Minimum age: 15 years
Valid first aid and CPR certificate
Medically Fit

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Duration

3 Full Days
Plus self-study or eLearning at your own pace

Level

Advanced Level
Designed for experienced Advanced Open Water Divers

This course can be completed directly after your open water diver course and is designed to advance your diving, build confidence and gain experience.

What to Expect

We’ll guide you through each step, so you know exactly what’s coming and feel confident before getting in the water.

1

Complete Your eLearning

Learn about diver stress, emergency management, rescue procedures and accident prevention.

2

Review Skills With Your Instructor

Discuss rescue techniques, emergency equipment and how to respond to common diving problems.

3

Practise Rescue Exercises

Work through skills such as assisting tired, panicked, unresponsive and distressed divers.

4

Complete Rescue Scenarios

Apply your skills during realistic emergency situations that combine planning, teamwork and decision-making.

5

Earn Your Rescue Diver Certification

Successfully complete the knowledge development, rescue exercises and final scenarios.

Includes

Access to Online Theory materials
Instructor-led knowledge reviews
Confined-water or pool rescue practice
Open-water rescue exercises and scenarios
Emergency assistance plan preparation
PADI Rescue Diver certification upon successful completion

About This Course

The PADI Rescue Diver course prepares you to deal with dive emergencies, minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development and rescue exercises, you learn what to look for and how to respond. During rescue scenarios, you put into practice your knowledge and skills.

What you will learn:

  • How to recognise and manage diver stress
  • Self-rescue and accident-prevention techniques
  • How to assist tired, panicked or distressed divers
  • How to respond to an unresponsive diver underwater and at the surface
  • Search techniques for a missing diver
  • Emergency management, teamwork and decision-making
  • How to handle realistic diving emergency scenarios

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