Rescue
Diver
The PADI Rescue Diver course provides the Advanced Open Water Diver
with the opportunity to become a safer, more skilled and confident
diver. This course prepares you to help prevent and manage minor or
major dive emergencies with a variety of techniques. Rescue training is
both challenging and rewarding. The program includes knowledge
development, pool and open water training. In addition to fulfilling
the Rescue Course requirements, to be certified as a PADI Rescue Diver,
the student is to have successfully completed a sanctioned course in
CPR within the past 2 years. Our PADI Emergency First Response Course
offers certification in CPR, basic first aid, teaches how to administer
oxygen and use the AED (automatic external defibrillator). The Oxygen
Provider course teaches effective use and delivery of oxygen to dive
accident victims.
Check the 2008 Class Schedule
for dates & times and the Bulletin
Board for the latest news, trip info, and party
invites!
Course
Costs (all costs include text, materials, and pool
sessions)
| Rescue Course: |
$300.00 |
| Emergency
First Response: |
$125.00 |
| Emergency
First Response - Refresher: |
$75.00 |
| Oxygen
Provider: |
$75.00 |
| Pocket Mask: |
$20.00 |
What
do I need to start?
- You can enroll in the Rescue Diver Course
as a certified Open Water Diver 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.
- 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.
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 scenarios
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