You will start your course with independent home study of the Rescue Diver Manual and completion of Knowledge Reviews.  Home study will be followed by an academic classroom knowledge development session (Saturday starting at 10.30a.m.) followed by confined water training at Maidstone Leisure Centre (Saturday starting at 5.30 p.m.).  Confined water rescue training will be followed by practical assessments in open water with staged scenarios.

During the Rescue Diver Course you will study:-

• First Aid Equipment
• Self Rescue Techniques
• Managing Diver Stress
• Emergency Management
• First Aid Procedures 
• Common Equipment Problems
• Recognizing Rescue Situations
• Release Function and Problems
• Rescuing the Responsive Diver Underwater
• Diver Stress
• Missing Diver procedures
• Rescue Exits with the Responsive Diver
• Rescuing the Unresponsive Diver Underwater
• Rescuing the Unresponsive Diver at the Surface
• Rescuing the Responsive Diver at the Surface
   

What you need to take

• Swim Suit
• Towel
• Medical Statement (click to view)
• Academic Materials (included in course price)
• Packed Lunch
• 2 Passport Photographs
• Proof of current Certification level

Course Pre-requisites

• To take part in the PADI Rescue Diver Course, you must be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a certification beyond entry level, with a minimum of 20 logged dives and experience in deep diving and underwater navigation and have completed a sanctioned course in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR Primary Care) and basic first aid (Secondary Care) within the past two years – e.g. the EFR Course.
• CPR & First Aid training must be successfully completed prior to Knowledge Development presentation two and rescue training session two of the Rescue Diver course.
• Minimum age: 12 years (for Junior Divers)