Rescue
Diver Course
How do you
take a subject like accident prevention and
management and turn it into fun? Call it the PADI
Rescue Diver program!
The PADI
Rescue Diver program develops your knowledge and
skills so you can effectively perform diver
assists and rescues, manage diving accident
situations and render first aid. The program is
an important step in expanding your knowledge and
experience as a diver. PADI Rescue Diver (or
equivalent) certification is also a prerequisite
for all PADI leadership programs.
To get into
the PADI Rescue Diver program, you’ll need
to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water
Diver (or equivalent)and must be at least 15
years old. The PADI Junior Rescue Diver program
is available if you’re between the ages of
12 and 14 and hold a PADI Junior Advanced Open
Water Diver (or equivalent) rating.
You’ll
also need to have successfully completed the PADI
MEDIC FIRST AID® program or a
sanctioned program in CPR within the past 24
months. The PADI Rescue Diver program covers:
- self-rescue
and diver stress
- diving
first aid
- emergency
management and equipment considerations
- swimming
and nonswimming assists
- panicked
diver response
- underwater
problems
- missing
diver procedures
- surfacing
the unconscious diver
- in-water
artificial respiration
- egress
(exits)
- first
aid procedures for pressure related
accidents
- dive
accident scenarios.
All of these
topics are covered in the PADI Rescue Diver
Manual and Rescue Diver video.
After
successfully completing the program, you’ll
receive the internationally recognized PADI
Rescue Diver certification card. Answer the call
– see Timber Bay Sport and Dive today!
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