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| RESCUE DIVER WARNING: This course is NOT for : Wimps … Sissies … Faint-hearted … "I just want to collect another PADI C-card" … Out-of-Condition Divers !!! This Course is one of the MOST demanding of any Course I teach !!! It will stretch you physically, emotionally and mentally beyond your comfort zone !!!! However … at the end of the Course, you will be among the best-trained divers in any group or boat that you go on !!! This Course will not only exhaust YOU … it is strenuous on your Instructor as well !!! It requires everyone's full attention for 3 and sometimes 4 or 5 full days !!! Our entire focus will be on the current day's activities, and then in preparation for the next days' scenarios. Having said that ….. Let's get busy !!! Rescue Diver Course Overview The curriculum for the PADI Rescue Diver Course is performance based. The amount of time required to complete the program is based upon class size, logistical considerations, student diver aptitude and performance. The course has two main components - knowledge development and open water training exercises. Knowledge development may occur through independent student study, instructor-led sessions or a combination of both. Open water training sessions consist of the12 required course exercises. The following recommended sequences are typical of our Rescue Diver Classes: Session One: Knowledge Review Topics Introduction and Course Overview Self Rescue Diver Stress and Managing Diver Stress Review of open water skills - PADI Rescue Diver Manual Section Five Open Water - Exercises 1,2,3 and 4 : Tired Diver, Panicked Diver, Response from Shore/Boat to a Conscious Diver, Distressed Diver Underwater (overexertion and alternate air source ascents). Session Two: Knowledge Development Topics - First Aid Equipment and First Aid Procedures Review of Open Water Skills - PADI Rescue Diver Section Six Open Water - Exercise 5 and 6 : Missing Diver Procedures Surfacing the Unconscious Diver Session Three: Knowledge Development Topics - Emergency Management (PADI Rescue Diver Manual Section Three) Review of Open Water Skills Open Water - Exercise 7 : Unconscious Diver at the Surface Session Four: Knowledge Development Topics - Common Equipment Problems, Equipment Function, and Release Function and Problems (PADI Rescue Diver Manual Section Four) Review of Open Water Skills Open Water - Exercises 8, 9 and 10 : Egress with an Unconscious Diver, First Aid Procedures for Pressure-Related Accidents, Response from Shore/Boat to an Unconscious Diver Session Five : Review and Rescue Diver Exam Open Water - Exercises 11 and 12 : Diving Accident Scenarios DIVER EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: Each diver must use proper equipment for the dive environment. This includes, but is not limited to: fins, mask, snorkel, cylinder, regulator, alternate air source, BCD with low pressure inflator, weight system, appropriate exposure suit for the environment, timing device and depth gauge (or dive computer), compass, knife/dive tool, and an emergency signaling device (whistle, flare, inflatable signal tube, etc.). Either a 3mm or a 5mm wetsuit is appropriate for the time of year you will be attending the classes. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS for each Open Water Rescue Exercise: Rescue One- Tired Diver : You will learn the correct procedures for responding to a distressed diver who, although still rational, needs assistance. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate the correct procedure of response to a distressed diver, including: Approach Evaluation Making Contact Calming the Victim Assists and Transport Equipment Removal Rescue Two - Panicked Diver : You will learn the correct procedures to evaluate and respond to a panicked diver, including: Evaluation Making Contact Releases Rescue Three - Response from Shore/Boat (Conscious Victim) : You will learn the use of swimming and non-swimming assist to help a diver who is in trouble. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to discuss and demonstrate several procedures which may be useful in providing assistance to a diver in distress, including: Nonswimming assists Entry Considerations Egress with a Conscious Victim Post Attendance Rescue Four - Distressed Diver Under Water : This exercise will shift your focus from surface rescues to assisting a diver experiencing problems underwater, including overexertion and out-of-air situations. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate proficiency in: Identifying and responding to a diver experiencing distress/overexertion while underwater Conducting an alternate air source ascent (as donor) with a diver simulating an out-of-air situation. Rescue Five - Missing Diver : You will learn to organize and conduct a search for a missing diver. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate how to quickly and efficiently search for and locate a missing underwater diver using an underwater search pattern prescribed by the Instructor. Rescue Six - Surfacing the Unconscious Diver : You will review and practice controlled positive buoyancy during an ascent - fist alone and then with a diver simulating unconsciousness. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate: The use of controlled positive buoyancy as an aid to ascent How to bring an unconscious diver to the surface using buoyancy control of either victim or rescuer. Rescue Seven - Unconscious Diver at the Surface: You will learn how to prepare a non-breathing diver for resuscitation and to use various methods of inwater resuscitation, as will as properly attending to an unconscious diver at the surface. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate: Four basic steps in preparing a victim for inwater resuscitation at the surface Demonstrate resuscitation in water too deep to stand up in, including : Mouth-to-mouth Mouth-to-nose Mouth-to-snorkel Pocket mask The ability to remove the masks, weight belts and BCD/tank from both the victim and rescuer while continuing effective resuscitation in water too deeps to stand up in. Rescue Eight - Egress with an Unconscious Diver : You will earn and try various egress techniques suitable for the local open water environment. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate how to remove an unconscious diver, both with and without assistance, from the water at an open water location typical of the local area. Rescue Nine - First Aid for Pressure-Related Accidents : You will learn and practice providing emergency care to a diver suffering from decompression illness. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate the recommended first aid procedures for a suspected lung over expansion injury or serious decompression sickness. Rescue Ten - Response from Shore/Boat (Unconscious Victim) : This exercise combines most of the skills you have practiced in previous exercises. It involves assessing an emergency situation, organizing a plan and responding from a boat or shore to the needs of an unconscious, nonbreathing diver. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate, with minimal assistance : The application of inwater resuscitation Egress and appropriate fist aid procedures as a single integrated activity under realistic conditions. Rescue Eleven - Diving Accident Scenario One (Underwater Search) : You will be asked to respond to a missing diver situation with little or no coaching from the Instructor. This scenario allows you to realistically apply the emergency management and search techniques you have developed in previous exercises. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate : A procedure for the locating of a lost diver through participation in an accident simulation, including: Interviewing the victim's buddy and drawing logical conclusions from the conditions present Organizing and conduct a quick, effective search (surface and underwater). Rescue Twelve - Diving Accident Scenario Two (Response, Egress and Management) : In this exercise you will use all the skills and knowledge that you have acquired throughout the course to manage a diving accident scene. By the end of this exercise, you will be able to demonstrate : The organization of a group of divers to effectively respond to locate, surface, transport and egress an unconscious, nonbreathing diver, using appropriate first aid procedures, site control and summoning medical assistance, through participation in an accident simulation. CONRATULATIONS … Rescue Diver !!! I have several different locations in which this course can be conducted/completed. In the unlikely event that we are unable to complete the entire course due to poor oceanic conditions, I will prorate your tuition accordingly. Even though we will need 3 days for the course, please try to keep at least 5 days available … just in case. My course tuition includes tanks and weights, as well as all academic reviews and exams, registration with PADI (upon successful completion of the Course), and a Positive Identification Card and photo. I am NOT the most expensive Instructor on the island, and I offer excellent PRIVATE training and at your pace of learning. Do you really want to chance this type of training on crowded classes full of strangers? I hope not. Please contact me to learn more about this PADI Resuce Diver Course !!! |
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