The PADI Rescue Diver course continues to develop your existing skills, increasing your skill competence and confidence, whilst introducing new skills that will become valuable additions to your scuba skill-set.
The course consists of three sections:
Knowledge Development
Prepare an emergency assistance plan for a dive site
Confined and/or Open Water training sessions
You will:
Demonstrate skills from the Self-Rescue Review & be introduced to Rescue exercises 1-10
Open Water training
Final assessments of Rescue exercises 1-10
Rescue Scenarios 1 and 2 in Open Water
PADI Self-Rescue Skills
Some of the skills you will start with include:
Cramp release
Establishing buoyancy at the surface
Airway control
Use of an alternate air source
Overcoming vertigo and re-establishing sense of direction
Once we have completed the self-rescue skills we will progress onto the rescue exercises. In total there are 10 rescue exercises you must master.
Tired diver tow
Dealing with a panicked diver on the surface
Responding to a panicked, or distressed diver from the boat
Responding to distressed divers underwater
Underwater search patterns using a compass & finding a missing diver
Surfacing an unresponsive diver
Unresponsive diver on surface, including rescue breathing and towing back to boat
Exiting an unresponsive diver onto a boat
First Aid for pressure related injuries including administration of Oxygen
Responding to an unresponsive & non breathing diver from the boat
Once we have introduced you to these skills in shallow water and you have had time to practice and feel comfortable we will repeat them again in deeper water.
We will then start to combine the skills into more realistic drills, working to a point where you are proficient and performing these drills with confidence.
We provide free-of-charge pick up and drop off service from your hotel or guesthouse.
Please indicate your hotel name and address on the checkout page
The dive center will reconfirm your pick up time and location at the latest one day in advance