RESCUE DIVER PHUKET THAILAND
Your Phuket PADI Rescue diver course is a challenging and informative course that
will build your confidence as a diver. The three days of intensive pool & classroom
training and 12 open water training exercises, will work on your ability to be flexible
& adaptable to changing environmental and personal conditions.
Regarded as the most rewarding and fun of all PADI diver courses, the rescue diver
course emphasizes how to foresee & prevent potential dive related accidents before
they happen, not just how to react to them. By the end of the course you will have
expanded your knowledge of diving, increased your level of diving skill and be more
aware of what is happening in the diving environment. Most importantly, rescue training
can help you to save lives and increase dive safety.
COURSES TOPICS INCLUDE
First aid for DCI & marine injuries, rescue equipment consideration & usage, distress
recognition, self rescue, transportation of patients, missing submerged diver rescue
and in water artificial respiration.
BELOW IS A TYPICAL SCHEDULE:
Session 1:
Full day in classroom for knowledge reviews and taking exams.
Session 2:
Pool session to learn and practice all the new rescue skills you will need to complete
the course.
Session 3:
Dives 1 & 2. Now the real action begins, as you practice your rescue skills and scenarios
in an open water environment.
Session 4:
Dives 3 & 4. Your final dives will bring all the individual skills & mini scenarios
you learned together into one simulated emergency rescue situation from beginning
to end with you serving in several different roles; Directing the incident response,
helping a more qualified diver and as an in water rescuer.
PREREQUISITE:
PADI Advanced Open Water Certificate, or have a qualifying certification from another
training organization.This is defined as proof of certification beyond entry level
(at least two certifications total), with proof of 20 or more logged dives documenting
experience in deep diving and underwater navigation. and successful completion of
a PADI sanctioned CPR program within the past 24 months. Be 12 years of age or older.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Hotel transfers on dive days (Kata, Karon, Patong beaches only,) food, tea/coffee
& water onboard boat, all dive equipment rental, PADI Rescue diver manual and certification
card.
What’s not included: Hotel transfers, food and drinks on classroom & pool days and
two passport photos.
WHAT TO BRING
Towel, swim gear, sun lotion and two passport photos.