How do you take a subject like accident prevention and management and make
it interesting and fun? The PADI Rescue Diver program!
The PADI Rescue Diver program develops your knowledge and skills so you can
perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and render
first aid effectively. The program is an important step in expanding your knowledge
and experience as a diver. 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 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'll also need to have successfully completed the PADI MEDIC FIRST AID®
program or a sanctioned program in CPR 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 non-swimming 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 PADI Rescue Diver Manual and Rescue
Diver video.
After successfully completing the program, you'll receive the internationally
recognized PADI Rescue Diver certification card. Answer the call - get serious
about diving with Sharky's Scuba today!
