RESCUE DIVER
Course Overview
The PADI Rescue Diver Course is designed to give divers who have completed the Advanced program the skills to help other divers in need and to prevent accidents from occurring. The course depends upon class size, logistical considerations, student aptitude and performance.
Course Structure
There are both academic sessions and open water sessions.
Academics (5 sessions)
Introduction and course overview, self rescue and diver stress.
Diving first aid (equipment and procedures)
Emergency management (readiness and accident management)
Equipment considerations (common problems and releases)
Review and exam
Open water(5 sessions)
Swimming and non-swimming assists, panicked diver response and underwater problems (overexertion and alternate air source ascents.
Missing diver procedures and surfacing the unconscious diver.
In water artificial respiration and equipment removal during transport.
In water artificial respiration, exits and first aid procedures for pressure related accidents.
Diving accident scenarios
The course is designed with an average time frame and format which, under normal circumstances, will be taught in a total time of 25 hours.
Rescue Diver Course
The Rescue Diver course is designed to give you the confidence to handle any emergency situation and, more importantly, to prevent such a situation arising. You do not have to be a super fit hero to participate. The aim of the course is to bring out the best in each individual, yet work as an effective team.
Includes
Full equipment rental, Instruction, Boat fees, Certification fees with PADI.
Excludes
Emergency First Response Course
PADI Rescue manual
Course Standards
The PADI Rescue Diver Course is an important and crucial step in expanding your knowledge and experience beyond a purely recreational level. The PADI Rescue course is a prerequisite for all PADI leadership training, i.e.: Divemaster, Assistant Instructor.
The course is demanding, though realistic in its conduct, content and approach. Interaction, discussion, variety and flexibility are stressed during skill training. Classroom instruction will stress the application of the information to the needs of students and varying environments.
Through this course you will come to appreciate and understand the importance such training has on the safety of others and on the diving industry as a whole. Although the course is designed to be enjoyable, the nature and context in which such training may be used is quite serious, and as in the training in similar fields of emergency care, the primary objection of this course is to prevent the need for use of rescue skills.
Prerequisites
To qualify for the PADI Rescue Diver Course an individual must:
Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open water Diver or equivalent rating.
Be certified 12 years or older.
Price: See Current Price List Here
Emergency First Response
Course Overview
This comprehensive program is composed of two core modules that can be taught in tandem with the Rescue or as stand-alone courses:
Emergency First Response - Primary Care and Emergency First Response - Secondary Care. Together, these courses proved extensive instruction in CPR and First Aid, as well as providing optional (yet recommended) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Emergency Oxygen sections.
Primary Care (CPR)
Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) teaches you how to deal with emergencies that are immediately life threatening. You will focus on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure you have the knowledge, understanding and confidence to use your skills. Here are the Primary Care (CPR) skills:
Scene Assessment
Barrier Use
Primary Assessment
Rescue Breathing
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Serious bleeding management
Shock management
Spinal injury management
Secondary Care (first aid)
Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening or when local EMS is unavailable or delayed. You focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice. The Secondary Care (first aid) skills are:
Injury Assessment
Illness Assessment
Bandaging
Splinting for Dislocations and Fracture
Prerequisites
EFR (Emergency First Response)
There are no prerequisites for the EFR course, you don't even have to be a diver. It's a course for all the family, young and old.
The EFR courses are run all the time. Contact us or refer to our current price list and schedule for more details.
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