The Padi Rescue Course... 3 days 14.500 tbh
In most sports the more you play or get involved, the more experienced you become and the more you will see. As a sport diver who wants to dive more than once a year, there is a chance you will see problems occur or even see an accident happen. After an accident most people will think "I wish I could have done more to prevent or help".
This is where the Padi Rescue course will help you to become a better and safer diver. A lot of divers assume that you need to have a body like an a steroid user or be under 25 years old, well your wrong. Being a Rescue diver is all about thinking, being able to pace yourself and knowing your limitations.
When you start the Padi Rescue course the Real Divers Instructor will tell you about how they have had to deal with real life problems and accidents. You will soon learn that every rescue is different and being flexible is one of the biggest skills to have.
We start the course with a theory lesson you will be taught about various skill and techniques for different rescues and scenarios that you might see as a rescue diver.
Most of the sea work is on the surface as that's where most accidents happen from the basic tired diver tow to dealing with a panicked diver on the surface to making different responses from the boat and shore .The underwater exercise range from a distressed diver to surfacing the unconscious diver also learning rescue search patterns. You will learn about how to make a dry rescue like simply throwing a rope or buoyancy aid and taught how to administer Oxygen to an injured diver.
At the end of the course you will have the chance to take charge of different scenarios as a Team Leader or skilled rescue assistant, which can be a missing diver to a lost buddy and more. This great exercise will give you a chance to use all your training from the course. After completing the Padi Rescue Course you will be used to a challenge and more confident in and out of the water. You might also prevent an accident or save a life.
By becoming a Padi Rescue diver you could continue to Master Scuba Diver or the Padi Dive Master.
The choice is yours!
Emergency First Response. 1 day 5.500 tbh
What is an Emergency responder? It's someone who has completed a basic first aid course and can assist at an accident scene and is able to help the injured person by using easy primary, secondary care and basic life support skills. As we know an accident can happen anywhere at any time and there are so many different accidents from a road accident to someone choking on a piece of food to the worse case of someone not breathing.
The EFR Instructor will help you to gain knowledge development and plenty of time to develop your skill practice. Also a few scenarios to deal with which are fun to do. We teach you how to take care of yourself and others also to know your limitations to keep you safe as that's the priority of any rescuer. You will be taught how to assess the scene, how to control the accident scene, how to formulate a safe plan and alert EMS and provide primary and secondary care to the injured person until help arrives. You don't have to be a diver to complete this course any one can join in and learn and have fun as well. The course is a one day event you will be given your EFR book you have two very easy knowledge reviews to complete and a final exam in what you have learnt from your Instructor. Padi will send you a certification card which you have to renew every two years.
If you are going onto the Padi Rescue Diver, Master Scuba Diver and the Dive Master course you will need to be EFR trained.