PADI Rescue Diver

Do you know what to do in emergency situations? Do you know how to prevent the most common dive emergencies? The PADI Rescue Diver Course will prepare you with hands on experience in preventing and managing diver emergencies, as well as developing in-water rescue and resuscitation techniques.

The PADI Rescue Diver course is a pivotal step in expanding a diver’s knowledge and experience. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers. This is why the PADI Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all PADI leadership-level training (PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, and Open Water Scuba Instructor), as well as the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.

Rescue Diver training expands the basic problem prevention and accident management skills student divers learn beginning with the PADI Open Water Diver course. By its nature, the course is demanding, though realistic in its conduct, content and approach. The PADI Rescue Diver course philosophy focuses on the concept that there is rarely only one way to accomplish a task. There is no single "right" way to perform a rescue, but rather there are many variables and resources that rescuers consider and draw upon, depending upon the scenario. The course takes a flexible, conceptual approach to rescue--a rescuer’s relative size and strength, for example, as well as environmental factors, may dictate or influence what rescue technique will be most effective.

If you are serious about diving, this class is a must. As a Rescue Diver, others will look to you in case a problem arises. The course is therefore challenging both mentally and physically. You will derive a sense of empowerment that you did not have as an Advanced Open Water diver. So, be the best buddy you can be!

 

    

Executing the "Tired Diver Tow" (left)

 

 

 

Prerequisites

PADI Advanced Open Water SCUBA (AOW) certification.  If you have certification from an agency other than PADI, then you must be certified at a level above open water and additionally have proof of 20 logged dives.   In addition, you must have current PADI Emergency First Response (or CPR and First Aid from a recognized agency).

Cost

The cost of the course is $200.  If need rental equipment for the course, we provide a 25% discount for student rentals. You will also need the PADI Rescue Diver manual, available in the shop for $34.30.

Call Aquarius Dive Shop at 831-375-1933 to reserve your spot in our next PADI Rescue Diver class. 

Schedule

The Rescue Diver course is typically completed in one week and the schedule is as follows:

• The Knowledge Development sessions can be taught in 1 of 2 ways:  (1) we meet on 2 weekend nights from 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. or (2) we meet for a one day session from 9am to 5:30 p.m.  You should purchase the PADI Rescue Diver manual in advance of the Knowledge Development sessions because you must read the book and bring the completed the knowledge reviews with you to class.  
• The Confined Water/Pool Rescue Training Session takes about 4-5 hours and will be held on Saturday morning starting at 8 a.m.
• The Open Water/Ocean Rescue Scenarios will be conducted on a Sunday.  The site we will use will depend on conditions on the day of the dives.  We start at 8 a.m. and usually finish between 2 and 3 p.m.  

Our next class dates are as follows:   

• Classroom:            Friday, October 15,  9am - 5:30 pm
• Confined Water:   Saturday, October 16
• Open Water:         Sunday, October 17 

Please let us know if at you are interested in taking the Rescue Diver course, space is limited.  

 

Can't join us for the classroom sessions?  PADI now offers the knowledge portion of the Rescue Class online.  Sound interesting?  Click on the image below to go to the PADI eLearning registration page: