Rescue Diver Program
The PADI Rescue Diver Program
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. The 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 will also need to have successfully completed the
Emergency First Response program or a sanctioned
program in CPR and First Aid 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 student materials with practical applications in confined water and open water sceanarios. After successfully completing the program, you'll receive the PADI Rescue Diver certification.
2009 Rescue Class Schedule
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