Rescue Diver

 In Recreational

Price: 260 €

Prerequisites:
• Documents to be signed: medical statement, Liability Release and Assumption of Risk Agreement,
Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding
• 15 years old (Junior Rescue Diver 12 years old)
• (Junior) Adventure Diver with Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive
• Emergency First Responses (<24 months)

Specific equipment required: (provided for the course)
• First aid kit, oxygen unit, pocket masks
• Floats, marker buoys, CPR mannequins, Diving Accident Management work slate, …

Theory:
• 5 hours
• The psychology of rescue
• Being prepared for a diver emergency
• Accident management
• Responding to diver emergencies

Practical exercises:
• 10 exercises / 2 scenarios. Self-rescue, tired diver, panicked diver, response from shore, boat or dock, distressed diver underwater, missing diver, surfacing an unresponsive diver, unresponsive diver at the surface, exiting an unresponsive diver, first aid for pressure-related injuries and oxygen administration, Response from Shore/Boat to Unresponsive (non breathing) Diver at the Surface

Possible certification SDI or PADI (attention: if Padi, mandatory book in addition)