The
PADI Rescue Diver program develops your knowledge and skills so you
can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident
situations and render first aid. The program is an important step
in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver. PADI Rescue
Diver (or equivalent) certification is also a prerequisite for all
PADI leadership programs.
To get into the PADI Rescue Diver program, you’ll need to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent) You’ll also need to have successfully completed the PADI Emergency First Response®. The PADI Rescue Diver program covers:
self-rescue and diver stress
diving first aid
emergency management and equipment considerations
swimming and nonswimming assists
panicked diver response
underwater problems
missing diver procedures
surfacing the unconscious diver
in-water artificial respiration
egress (exits)
first aid procedures for pressure related accidents
dive accident scenarios.