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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. 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’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:
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self-rescue and diver stress
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diving first aid
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emergency management and
equipment considerations
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swimming and nonswimming assists
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panicked diver response
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underwater problems
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missing diver procedures
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surfacing the unconscious diver
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in-water artificial respiration
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egress (exits)
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first aid procedures for
pressure related accidents
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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
– call Fantasea Scuba and Travel now!
Destinations and class
dates are subject to change. Please call for confirmation.
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