Diving Courses PADI Rescue Diver
The PADI Rescue Diver course is an essential stage where diver raise their knowledge, skill and experience. PADI Rescue Divers look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers. Rescue Diver are trained to look for potential trouble, prevention of problem and accident management.
The PADI Rescue Diver certification is compulsory for all PADI Pro-level training (PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, and Open Water Scuba Instructor). At the PADI Rescue Diver level, student divers are trained to manage difficult dive emergencies and trained to perform emergency rescue techniques in situations.
At first I won't even consider taking the rescue course but after watching how my friend was trained in the pool. I decided to challenge myself too. The rescue course was indeed an essential course, especially the self-rescue portion, it has increased my confidence as a diver. Thanks Gill Divers
Danny Lam, November 2007
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3 Easy Steps
The basic diving course consists of 1. Theory, 2. Practical (Pool) and 3. Open Water (Sea) Dives segments. These training segments are performance based and you can complete theory or pool in any sequence. After completion of the theory and practical segments, you will dive in an open water (sea) environment (sea) to complete the PADI Rescue Diver course.
Step 1 & 2 (Inter-changable steps)
Step 3
Theory
Classroom
Learn Buoyancy and Pressure Concepts, Equipment and Usage and more!
View all the full theory and knowledge topics.
Session(s) 1
Tuesdays: 6.45pm - 10.45pm (4 Hrs)
Location Gill Divers Shop
37b Hongkong Street Level 3. More >>
Practical
Pool
Learn Equipment Assembly and Familiarization, Breathing Underwater, Buoyancy Control and more! View all the practical pool training skills.
Session(s) 1
Sundays: 9.45am - 4.00pm (6 Hrs)
Location Outram Secondary School
1 York Hill (Swimming pool). More >>
Open Water Dive
Open Sea
Learn Diving off the boat or the shore, Marine Life observation and more! View the training dives during the open water (sea) section.
Open Water Dives(s) 4 - 5
Departs every Friday: 7pm
Returns every Sunday: 9pm
Location one (1) of the following:
- Malaysia, Tioman Island – Island Reef Resort
departs every Friday, or; - Malaysia, Dayang Island – Dayang Blues Resort
departs every Friday, or; - Thailand, Phuket – Shanti Lodge
departs every Thursday, or; - Referral – Only includes the theory and practical
Meeting point is at Gill Divers Shop, 37b Hongkong Street Level 3, subject to changes.
Includes
- All equipment and material needed for the entire course
- PADI Rescue Diver Manual
- 1 Theory sessions (4-5 hours in total)
- 1 Pool session (4 hours)
- 4 - 5 Open Water Scuba Dives
- 2D/3N Full board trip to Malaysia (Dayang Island / Tioman Island) or 4D3N Full board trip in Phuket (lunch for diving days only)
- 2-way land & sea transportation, lodging & all meals
- Instructor fees (ratio for practical sessions - 6 students : 1 instructor)
- Certification fees
- PADI Rescue Diver Certification Card (License valid life-time!)
Excludes
- Air fare (if any)
- Marine Park Fee (RM $5, if any)
- 4 x AA size Battery (if required for night dive)
- Gratitudes for the Boat Crew / Guide
Prerequisites
- Be at least 12 years of age or older
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or equivalent from another training organization), and
- Valid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR - Primary Care) within past 24 months (or Emergency First Responder)
- Valid Basic First Aid (Secondary Care) within past 24 months (or Emergency First Responder)
Packages
Select from one (1) of the destinations below
Island Reef Resort - 2D2N
Tioman Island, Malaysia
One of the biggest island off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, Tioman island offers exceptional diving in the region. You will be pleasantly surprised by the Island Reef Resort..
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SGD 599
no hidden cost
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Dayang Blues Resort - 2D2N
Dayang Island, Malaysia
Small and cosy, Island Reef Resort sits right in the heart of the buzling Tioman Island. With disco and pubs around the corner, experience an exciting night life.
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SGD 599
no hidden cost
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Shanti Lodge - 3D3N
Phuket, Thailand
Small and cosy, Island Reef Resort sits right in the heart of the buzling Tioman Island. With disco and pubs around the corner, experience an exciting night life.
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SGD 650
no hidden cost
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Referral
Theory & Practical Only
Small and cosy, Island Reef Resort sits right in the heart of the buzling Tioman Island. With disco and pubs around the corner, experience an exciting night life.
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SGD 330
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PADI Rescue Diver Theory & Knowledge Segment
When you enroll in the PADI Open Water Diver course, a rich and informative manual will be given. The manual allow you to preview into the course while you do the independent study and it serves as a livelong reference after you have completed the course.
In the 5 chapters of PADI Open Water Diver manual, each ends with a knowledge review and they are to be completed as independent study.
This was my first time even attempting scuba diving. The class was fun and informative. It was great preparation for the dive. The dive itself was absolutely fabulous! This was truly one of the best experiences of my life.
Jill H, France, April 2008
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Independent Study
The major hindrance with independent study tends to be student diver(s) do not have time to complete it. Undoubtedly, the PADI Open Water Diver course is one of the most fun and exciting adventure you will ever experience, but it is a course, and that means it involves some reading and learning.
In the theory classroom
The topics are also included in 4 fun videos which you will view them when you are at Gill Divers, after completing each video, there will be short and fun quizzes to recap what you have just learned.
The theory lesson will be concluded after 1 simple exam of 50 straightforward multiple choice questions.
You will get to learn
- Duration
- Title
- Fun Factor
- 40mins
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Chapter 1
- The most common cause of diver emergency
- Prior consideration before attempting an in-water rescue
- Definitions of diver stress and effects
- Features of pocket mask
- The different types of emergency oxygen systems
- Basic steps for emergency management
- Increasing self rescue ability
- Indentifying signs and behaviors of tired and panic divers
- Rescuer’s safety priority
- In-water rescue of divers on the surface
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- 40mins
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Chapter 2
- Recognizing and handling diver stress
- General rules concerning the alternate air-source
- General causes of equipment related problems
- Commonly found scuba system releases
- Aquatic life injury and their treatment
- Responding from a distance
- General criteria for towing distressed divers
- Handling a responsive diver on the boat or shore
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- 30mins
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Chapter 3
- Emergency action plan for dive accident
- Basic life support
- Primary assessment of a dive accident
- Treating shock and the impact of dive accident circumstances
- Differences between heat exhaustion and heat stroke
- Signs and symptoms of hypothermia
- Assistances to overexertion, uncontrolled descent, excessive buoyancy and more
- Procedures for missing divers
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- 40mins
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Chapter 4
- Identifying and reducing critical incident stress
- Definition and treatment of decompression illness (DCI)
- The most common cause of lung overexpansion injury
- Differences between air embolism, pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinal emphysema
- Primary first aid for near drowning
- Techniques for rescuing non-breathing divers at the surface
- Surfacing unresponsive divers
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- 40mins
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Chapter 5
- Dive accident incident report
- Oxygen administration for DCI (decompression illness)
- Oxygen handling
- Administering oxygen to breathing, weakly breathing and non-breathing divers.
- Post rescue procedures
- Performing a life guard exit
- Circumstances affecting exiting with an unresponsive diver
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PADI Rescue Diver Practical Skill Segment
The PADI Rescue Diver program prepares you help, prevent or manage dive emergencies with variety of techniques. What you learn in this course will improve your skill and confidence as a diver, and prepares you to move on to the PADI Divemaster level.
At first I won't even consider taking the rescue course but after watching how my friend was trained in the pool. I decided to challenge myself too. The rescue course was indeed an essential course, especially the self-rescue portion, it has increased my confidence as a diver. Thanks Gill Divers
Danny Lam, November 2007
Reviews from other participants >>
Visualize the practical skills
In the PADI Rescue Diver manual page 47-49, 55-60, 102-106, 123-137, 158-170 and 181-195 display and describe all the practical skills that you will learn during the course. Using the manual you could visualize (mentally performing) those skills, it will greatly aid your learning and hence you will dig up all the fun during course.
In the training pool
The instructor(s) and/or professional assistant(s) will introduce all skills by 1. Description, 2. Demonstration and 3. Practice, every now and then the instructor(s) and/or professional assistant(s) will debrief and discuss with you regarding the skills.
You will get to learn
- Duration
- Title
- Fun Factor
- 60mins
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Rescue training session one
Self – rescue review
Demonstration of the correct procedure for the following self-rescue situations: Cramp release, Establishing buoyancy at the surface, Airway control, Use of an alternate air source, overcoming vertigo and re-establishing sense of directionRescue exercise 1: Tired Diver
This exercise covers the procedure for responding to a distressed diver who, although still rational, needs assistance- Approach
- Making contact
- Reassure the diver
- Assist and transport
- Equipment removal
Rescue exercise 2: Panic Diver
This exercise teaches how to respond to a panicked diver- Approach and evaluation
- Approach Option 1: Making contact from surface
- Approach Option 2: Making contact from underwater
- Release and Regain Control: Inflate BCD of both rescuer and victim, push / stay away from victim. (Wait for victim to reach exhaustion, then manage the situation further)
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- 60mins
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Rescue training session two
Rescue exercise 3: response from shore, Boat or dock (responsive diver)
This exercise guides student divers through nonswimming and swimming assists to help a responsive diver- Nonswimming assists, including reaches/extensions and throws
- Water entries with eyes on the victim and paced to conserve energy
- Approach with a quick reverse to stay out of a panicked diver’s grasp
- Swimming assists and rescues, with and without emergency floatation equipment
- Tows with and without equipment removed, including underarm tow, tank valve tow and modified tired-swimmers carry
- Assisting two responsive divers who need assistance
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- 60mins
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Rescue training session three
Rescue exercise 4: distressed diver underwater
This exercise focus on underwater problems. During skills practice, divers deal with overexertion and out-of-air situations- Identify and respond to a diver simulating overexertion and an active panic ascent underwater
- Identify and supply air to, via an alternate air source, a diver simulating a out-of-air emergency, and make a controlled air-sharing ascent with the diver
Rescue exercise 5: Missing Diver
During this exercise divers organize and conduct a search for a missing diver -
- 60mins
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Rescue training session four
Rescue exercise 6: surfacing the unresponsive diver
This exercise develops bringing a diver simulating unresponsiveness to the surface- Use of controlled positive buoyancy as an aid to ascent
- How to bring an unresponsive diver to the surface using buoyancy control of either the unresponsive diver or the rescuer
Rescue exercise 7: unresponsive diver at the surface
This exercise teaches the initial steps for helping the unresponsive diver at the surface
1.Emergency steps for unresponsive diver at the surface- Call for help while establishing positive buoyancy
- Turn the unconscious diver face up
- Remove the diver’s mask and regulator, open airway and check for breathing
- Give rescue breaths if required
2.Methods of inwater rescue breathing stationary and then towing the unresponsive diver- Mouth-to-pocket mask breathing
- Mouth-to-mouth breathing
- Mouth-to-snorkel breathing (optional)
- Mouth-to-nose breathing (optional)
3.Equipment removal from an unresponsive diver and the rescuer including ( mask, weights and BCD/tank (as appropriate for the environment and equipment configuration worn), while giving rescue breathing effectively in water too deep to stand up in -
- 60mins
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Rescue training session five
Rescue exercise 8: exiting the unresponsive diver
This exercise allows practicing techniques for exiting the water with an injured diver- How to remove a breathing and unresponsive victim from the water, both with and without assistance
- How to remove a nonbreathing unresponsive victim from the water, both with and without assistance
Rescue exercise 9: First aid for pressure-related injuries and oxygen administration
This exercise is to practice emergency care for suspected decompression illness- Recommended steps and procedures for administering oxygen to a breathing unresponsive diver with suspected decompression illness.
- Recommended steps and procedures for delivering mouth-to-pocket mask or mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths and administering oxygen to a nonbreathing unresponsive diver.
Rescue exercise 10: response from shore or boat, Unresponsive diver
This exercise is a combination of previous skills mentioned. It involves assessing an emergency situation, organizing a plan and responding from a boat or shore to needs of an unconscious, nonbreathing diver. The goal is to apply the skills and knowledge presented throughout this course to a realistic scenario- How to respond to a diver emergency that requires inwater rescue breathing, exiting the water with a nonbreathing unresponsive diver and then rendering appropriate first aid procedures, as a single integrated activity. (In teams and with minimal staff assistance)
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PADI Rescue Diver Open Water Dives Segment
The PADI Rescue Diver course is an essential stage where diver raise their knowledge, skill and experience. PADI Rescue Divers look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers. Rescue Diver are trained to look for potential trouble, prevention of problem and accident management.
At first I won't even consider taking the rescue course but after watching how my friend was trained in the pool. I decided to challenge myself too. The rescue course was indeed an essential course, especially the self-rescue portion, it has increased my confidence as a diver. Thanks Gill Divers
Danny Lam, November 2007
Reviews from other participants >>
Get ready, unwind and have fun!
Pack your bags, bring the necessities as you would when planning for a short trip. During the trip, instructor(s) and professional assistant(s) will be present to ensure you receive proper training.
Scenario in Open Water
During these scenarios you will learn how to respond to various diver emergencies, and correct use of skills learned to this point in the open water rescue course. You will be divided into groups of victims, rescuers, gear handlers, or by standers as appropriate for different exercises.
You will get to learn
- Duration
- Title
- Fun Factor
- 60mins
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Scenario 1: distressed diver underwater with extremely injury
- Briefing
- Establish buddy teams plan dives
- Equipment set up (All equipments necessary to the rescue scenario such as pocket masks, lines, floats, maker buoys, first aid emergency oxygen kit, and various other piece of equipments), and complete Predive safty check
- Scenario and assigned roles(As part of a team or as an individual):
- Identify and respond effectively to a diver simulating distress overexertion while underwater
- Assist a diver simulating an out-of-air situation
- Calm and assist to safety simulated injured diver on the surface
- Demonstrate the recommended steps and procedures for administering emergency first aid to a diver with a severely bleeding extremity injury
- Disassemble and stow equipment
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- 60mins
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Scenario 2: distressed diver on the surface
- Briefing
- Establish buddy teams plan dives
- Equipment set up (All equipments necessary to the rescue scenario such as pocket masks, lines, floats, maker buoys, first aid emergency oxygen kit, and various other piece of equipments), and complete Predive safty check
- Scenario and assigned roles(As part of a team or as an individual):
- Effectively respond to, calm, controlled and assist/tow to safety simulated tired and/ or panicked divers at the surface
- Disassemble and stow equipment
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- 60mins
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Scenario 3: unresponsive diver underwater
- Briefing
- Establish buddy teams plan dives
- Equipment set up (All equipments necessary to the rescue scenario such as pocket masks, lines, floats, maker buoys, first aid emergency oxygen kit, and various other piece of equipments), and complete Predive safty check
- Scenario and assigned roles(As part of a team or as an individual):
- Effectively search for and locate a missing diver
- Surface an unresponsive diver found on the bottom by using a controlled ascent while keeping the victims’ airway open
- Disassemble and stow equipment
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- 60mins
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Scenario 4: Unresponsive diver on the surface, Exiting the unresponsive diver and First aid
- Briefing
- Establish buddy teams plan dives
- Equipment set up (All equipments necessary to the rescue scenario such as pocket masks, lines, floats, maker buoys, first aid emergency oxygen kit, and various other piece of equipments), and complete Predive safty check
- Scenario and assigned roles(As part of a team or as an individual):
- An effective rescue for an unresponsive nonbreathing diver at the surface, including inwater rescue breathing, equipment removal, exit, first aid and contacting emergency medical care
- Disassemble and stow equipment
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