So you have completed your Open Water and Advanced Open Water Diver courses. Congrats! Now you improved your diving techniques further and you know more about “deep diving” and “underwater navigation”. Your buoyancy is also better underwater and you know the right techniques to use during drift diving and boat diving… But there are still some things missing…
Scuba diving is a fun activity as long as it is safe. Sometimes,
Divers may experience problems at the surface, they may get tired, feel stressed, or even panicked in some situations. There are some simple responses and
The rescue diver course is not as challenging as people think. The course is all about helping yourself and others in stressful situations.
For example, when you see a diver who is struggling with the current and has too much weight on him, who is exhausted and low on air, do you know how you will approach and help him in a safe way? Maybe you will never need this, but do you know how to handle missing diver, unresponsive or panicked diver situations underwater? How will you administer first aid to decompression sickness, embolism, and other pressure-related injuries? What if your buddy touches an aquatic animal (which she should never do) and got stung or bitten by it, how will you help? How will you use emergency oxygen or AED (Automated External
The rescue Diver course is about how rescue and emergency medical professionals handle emergencies, and how a competent diver acts at the surface and underwater before and after a dive. You will learn all these topics and practice rescue skills to increase your own competence. If you want to continue your diving education and become a Divemaster one day, then you will learn many things to help you with this goal.
It is important to know when enrolling in this course: EFR (Emergency First Response) Primary and Secondary Care course is a prerequisite (or you can join both courses at the same time) of Rescue Diver course. As you can imagine, a rescue diver should have extended knowledge of first aid and other emergencies. You can take both courses in our dive center consecutively or at the same time.
To earn the PADI Rescue Diver certification, you will complete 10 exercises including emergency management, search and rescue techniques, 2 scenarios, and the final exam.
Course Duration and Price
Rescue Diver course has Knowledge Development sections and Open Water exercises. You can complete knowledge development sections at your own pace by reading your manual and watching your videos, or you can attend one of our classroom sessions. For the open water practices, you can join us on one of our weekend diving trips. 1 or 2 weeks are more than enough to complete this course.
Rescue Diver course price is - TL, original training materials and certification fee is - TL. The total price of - TL is paid during the course registration. The price of the weekend dive trip which you will attend to complete the open water skills is - TL. This is paid one week prior (or earlier) to the trip date. (Read more about our diving trips) You can see the details of the prerequisite EFR Primary and Secondary Care course here.
