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PADI Rescue Diver
Develop awareness, problem-solving ability and confidence to recognise and assist other divers.
Usually 2-3 days, excluding EFR trainingAge 12 years for Junior Rescue DiverTraining limits set by instructor and conditions
Rescue Diver shifts your attention from managing only your own needs to recognising and managing diver stress, minor problems and emergencies before they become serious.
Prerequisite
PADI Adventure Diver with Underwater Navigation, or qualifying certification; current CPR and first-aid training within the previous 24 months. Advanced Open Water is strongly recommended.
What you leave with
A major confidence and safety milestone, and an important prerequisite for PADI Divemaster.
The shape of the course
What happens
- ✓Knowledge development
- ✓Rescue-skill practice sessions
- ✓Open-water rescue exercises
- ✓At least 2 comprehensive rescue scenarios
- ✓Emergency-assistance plan
Under the surface
What you learn
- +Self-rescue review and diver stress
- +Tired, panicked and distressed diver assistance
- +Missing-diver searches
- +Surfacing and removing an unresponsive diver
- +In-water rescue breathing and emergency coordination
- +Accident prevention and risk management
Ready when you are