Scuba Diving Courses

Stress & rescue Diver

The Rescue Course is a pivotal step in expanding a diver's knowledge and experience. Rescue Divers learn self-rescue skills, as well as learn to look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers.

Rescue Diver training expands the basic problem prevention and accident management skills divers learn beginning with the Open Water Diver course. At the Rescue Diver level, divers are ready to learn to manage more complex dive emergencies and to apply direct intervention techniques to assist others in an emergency. By its nature, the course is demanding, though realistic in its conduct, content and approach. Although the nature and context in which rescue training may be used is serious, the course is an enjoyable challenge that builds diver confidence.

This course takes a flexible, conceptual approach to rescue - a rescuer's relative size and strength, for example, as well as environmental factors, may dictate or influence what rescue technique will be most effective.

The course water training sessions develop divers' foundational skills, which they adapt to their personal differences and needs. Skill development encourages divers to experiment, learning to capitalize on their strengths, recognize their limitations and consider these in emergency situations. Divers learn to first think about the options available for handling an emergency, and then act using their appraisal of the best method for the situation.