RESCUE DIVER COURSE (IN A NUTSHELL)

Okay lemme spare you the long story and just briefly tell you what the diver course is all about...

This recreational diver certification level is your "bridge" onto becoming a dive professional. It's the basics of how to identify and approach problems that you may encounter on diving trips...both dry or wet...

By no means does this make you a professional rescuer, but just exposes you to the situations you may come across and give you a brief idea of how to respond to different situations.

EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDER

From 17 March 2009

Before beginning your Rescue Diver Training, you will need to participate in a half day session that will give you some hands-on exposure to bandaging, splinting, helping a choking person, how to perform CPR, how to give oxygen to someone in need...and some other very basic "must knows" in accident / incident response.

From 6 October 2009

In this half day session, you will watch a video that will demonstrate the necessary steps and techniques while explaining the WHY, HOW, WHAT, WHERE and WHEN.

You will then start to practice what you have watched on the video with your instructor and this is a pretty fun session because you will be actually bandaging, splinting, practicing chest compressions and rescue breathing...hands-on practice sessions that are really fun.

From 27 march 2009

There's some reading to do for the Emergency First Responder (EFR) Certification and a small exam to complete the training.

Once this is done, your instructor will issue you a Emergency First Responder Certification (gets you another license to add on to your Open Water, Advanced Open Water card collection).

RESCUE DIVER COURSE

From 20 March 2009

From 20 March 2009

Without going too much into detail, here are some examples of what you will practice in your course:

• How to help yourself (self rescue) - example: cramps
  
• How to respond to a situation if the "victim" is in the water and you are on a boat, jetty, poolside, beach, etc.
• How to identity and respond to problems on the surface - example: Helping someone who is panicking.
• How to identify and respond to problems underwater - example: Panicking diver
  
• How to respond / react if you see someone unconscious on the surface & underwater.
• How to bring an unconscious diver up to the surface (from underwater).
• How to bring the unconscious diver back to the beach or boat.
• Search patterns - if you've lost something underwater, some different ways of searching.

From 20 March 2009

From 20 March 2009

The rescue diver course just gives you a lot of hands-on practice in different situations. A lot of role-playing with your instructor and other course participants...making this a really fun program that also boosts your confidence as a diver, knowing that should any similar situation occur, you would be able to offer some assistance.

After this course, the Divemaster Certification Level COULD be your next.