The PADI Rescue Diver Course (including Junior rating) is an intensive programme to develop your range of skills in self rescue and the rescue of others.  The course is made up of essential Knowledge Development, 10 Rescue Exercises in confined water, and 2 Rescue Scenarios in Open Water. Our Rescue Course is usually conducted over 2 knowledge development sessions (plus self study), 5 pool sessions and 2 open water dives, where you will achieve mastery in dealing with:

Self Rescue Review and;

• Tired Divers
• Panicked Divers
• Responding from the shore/boat/dock to a responsive diver
• a Distressed Diver Underwater
• a Missing Diver
• Surfacing an unresponsive diver
• Unresponsive diver at the surface
• Exiting the unresponsive diver
• First aid for pressure related injuries and oxygen administration
• Response from shore/boat to unresponsive (non-breathing) diver at the surface

and in open water:

• Unresponsive diver underwater - where you will search and locate a missing diver during an accident simulation.
• Unresponsive diver at the surface - where you will effectively evaluate, tow, in-water rescue breathing, removing equipment, exiting and CPR.

You need to be an Advanced or Junior Advanced Open Water diver.  You also need to have had recognised CPR training within the last two years.  

Absolutely no problem!
We can train you to achieve certification as an Emergency First Responder CLICK HERE (CPR & First Aid Course with Automated External Defibrillator). This is compulsory unless you have an alternative, current, CPR certification and takes 1 full training day in the classroom. This day can also be used as a refresher course for existing first-aiders.

We also offer the Oxygen Administration Specialty CLICK HERE

This is optional and requires 1 full classroom day. We normally combine additional scenario elements of the EFR First Aid Course with and the optional Oxygen Administration course into 1 full day of training. This allows us to integrate Oxygen use into the practice scenarios. This specialty also counts towards your Master SCUBA Diver Rating!