Accelerated Learning
Individual Course Description
RES-101
PADI Rescue Diver
Clock Hours: 25
Days: 4
The PADI Rescue Diver course is a four-day class involving classroom presentations, confined water and open water skill development sessions followed by 2 open water scenario dives. When completing the course, the student is certified as a PADI Rescue Diver and qualifies for further training as a PADI Divemaster.
Prerequisite: Applicant must be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or PADI-recognized equivalent and completed PADI EFR Primary and Secondary Care training during the last 24 months or PADI-recognized equivalent. Plus 20 logged dives.
Minimum Age: 18 years old
(minimum 18 years of age in order to track toward Divemaster)
Certification: PADI Rescue Diver
Number of Dives: 2 (10 training exercises and 2 open water scenarios conducted during confined water and open water sessions)
Academic Topic & Skills | Clock Hours
The Psychology of Rescue
1.0
Diver Emergency Preparedness
1.0
Accident Management
1.0
Responding to Diving Emergencies
1.0
Administration & Exam
3.0
Confined & Open Water Skills Self-Rescue Review
1.0
Tired Diver
1.0
Panicked Diver
1.0
Response from Shore, Boat, Dock
1.0
Distressed Diver Underwater
1.0
Missing Diver
1.0
Surfacing the Unconscious Diver
2.0
Unresponsive Diver at the Surface
2.0
Exiting the Unresponsive Diver
1.0
First Aid/Pressure Related Injuries
1.0
Open Water Scenarios (2-4)
6.0
