PADI Rescue Diver

Minimum age: 12 years old

 

Requirements:

PADI Open Water Diver Certification

Emergency First Response or other comparable First Aid Certification

Confined Water Training: 10 training exercises

Classroom Training: 4 academic sessions

Open Water: Evaluation Scenarios in open water

 

The PADI Rescue Diver course is a favorite among dive leaders. Most dive professionals say that it is the best course they ever enrolled in and most Instructors cite the class as their favorite to teach.

 

The course will build your confidence and abilities as a diver. This program has been updated to include all the latest developments in rescue training. This course improves your diving skills and has modules that teach you diving first aid, emergency management, dive equipment problems, and to recognize diver stress.

 

The in-water exercises will give you the ability to deal with distressed, tired, panicking, unconscious and missing divers. With completion of this certification level, you are ready to achieve the highest possible recreational certification level, the PADI Master Scuba Diver, or if you choose, enter the world of professional diving by becoming a PADI Divemaster.