Rescue Diver Course

Up until the Rescue Diver Course all your diving has been focused on yourself and your own skills and safety.  The Rescue Diver Course is where you begin to learn how to focus on other people.  To become a Rescue Diver you need to be confidant in your own diving abilities.  If you are interested in further continuing education as a diver and are interested in learning the skills that will prepare you for helping others in diving rescue situations, consider this exciting class -- considered the most enjoyable & fun SCUBA certification program.

Prerequisites: To become a Rescue Diver you must be at least 12 years old, be at least a Advanced Open Water Diver, Junior Advanced Open Water or equivalent, and have completed a Medic First Aid Course or other equivalent CPR certification within the past two years.

This Course is designed as a self study course that begins by reading the manual and completing knowledge reviews at home on your own time. Upon completion of the manual, you will go over your knowledge reviews with your Instructor in the classroom, and then take a final exam. A passing score of 75% is required to pass. 

Then it's off to the pool where you practice all of the rescue techniques. Once your Instructor feels confidant of your skills, you're off to the open water. During your open water dives you will go thru 10 open water exercises and 2 open water scenarios.

Here's a sampling of the Rescue Diver Excercises & Scenarios:

• Response to a panicked diver                                       
• Panicked diver at the surface                                          
• Response to a conscious victim from boat/shore                             
• Distressed diver underwater                                            
• Search for a missing diver                                                   
• Surfacing the unconscious diver
• Response to a unconscious diver                                    
• Egress with an unconscious diver                                      
• First aid for pressure-related accidents                            
• Response to an unconscious victim from boat/shore              

Please call or stop in for course dates and times.

Rescue Diver Course Fee: $220.00

Add $80 for Blue Hole and $100 for The Crater Trips

Course fees do not include course materials, certification processing fee, or any equipment. Rescue students are expected to have their own mask, fins, snorkels, etc.  Rental scuba gear is available from Abyss-Scuba.

The PADI Rescue Diver program can be followed by Master Scuba Diver, or you can continue into the Divemaster, and the Assistant Instructor (AI) training sequence.

All students enrolled in a course with Abyss-Scuba receive a 10% discount on the purchase of any equipment during their term as a student.  Call us or stop in to learn more about specific course dates and times.