Rescue Diver and Red Cross Cert (Cross posted in Basic Scuba)

[ljwillia]

Hello All- Sorry for the cross posting. Wasn't sure which community to post in.

My husband and I are scheduled for RD in July. I'm trying to find a class to satisfy the EFR primary and secondary requirements. Our local Red Cross offers the following:

"The Adult First Aid/CPR/AED course incorporates the latest science and teaches students to recognize and care for a variety of first aid emergencies such as burns, cuts, scrapes, sudden illnesses, head, neck, back injuries, heat and cold emergencies and how to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies for victims about 12 years and older. Successful students will receive a certificate for Adult First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years."

Will this satisfy the pre-req? PADI has a class for $150pp. The Red Cross class is $93pp.

I thought I remembered a thread discussing this some time back but I couldn't find.

Thanks all for your input!

 

[richmonddiver]

I took that Red Cross class before my rescue diver course last August. It satisfied PADI'a requirements. You can always double check with PADI or your instructor

 

[ljwillia]

I took that Red Cross class before my rescue diver course last August. It satisfied PADI'a requirements. You can always double check with PADI or your instructor

Thanks @richmonddiver. We're in Richmond also. Which dive shop did you use? Our class is being taught through The Dive Shop on Broad.

 

[richmonddiver]

I saw we were both in Richmond after I posted. I used Richmond Dive and Travel. Zane Frye was the instructor. I thought he was great.
FWIW I did my Red Cross FA/CPR/AED class through VCU. It's $90 for the general community, $70 for rec sports members and $40 for students. I forget what the Y charges.

CPR/AED First Aid Certifications | Recreational Sports | Virginia Commonwealth University

 

[ljwillia]

I saw we were both in Richmond after I posted. I used Richmond Dive and Travel. Zane Frye was the instructor. I thought he was great.
FWIW I did my Red Cross FA/CPR/AED class through VCU. It's $90 for the general community, $70 for rec sports members and $40 for students. I forget what the Y charges.

CPR/AED First Aid Certifications | Recreational Sports | Virginia Commonwealth University

That's great! I work for VCU. Thanks for your input!

 

[shurite7]

[QUOTE="lWill this satisfy the pre-req? PADI has a class for $150pp. The Red Cross class is $93pp.
Thanks all for your input![/QUOTE]

Yes, the Red Cross class will meet PADI and NAUI's pre-req. I recommend taking a class in O2 Administration. If you can, find an instructor who will combine CPR/AED/FA & O2. Some instructors offer it through DAN.

Good luck.

 

[Jean Francois Desfosses]

ANY agency following ILCOR's guidelines will be accepted.(www.ilcor.org). They set the guidelines and the rest pretty much follows. Reputable ones are Canadian and American Heart & Stroke Foundation, St John Ambulance, Red Cross, etc...

Agreed on O2 administration.

Honestly I find it hard to sell PADI's EFR course, when Heart & Strokes, as well as others are pretty much giving it away, for good reasons if you ask my opinion. PADI shoud drop the fees on that one, and consider it a ''donation'' or other tax deductible charity gimmick...

My 0.02$

 

[yle]

Honestly I find it hard to sell PADI's EFR course, when Heart & Strokes, as well as others are pretty much giving it away, for good reasons if you ask my opinion. PADI shoud drop the fees on that one, and consider it a ''donation'' or other tax deductible charity gimmick...

PADI doesn't charge any fee for the EFR course; PADI only sells course materials to the dive shop, and the dive shop chooses how much to charge for the course. This is true of all PADI courses.

I think what you are suggesting is that the local dive shop should drop their fees for the course. But doing so would have to be reasonable, in terms of supporting the business. Many customers that want to take the Rescue Diver course are fine with paying $150 for the EFR course, because of the convenience and added value of having both courses in one location, taught by the same instructor, and with the opportunity for integration of material from the two courses. On the other hand, some people would rather save a few bucks (or 50 or 60) by taking the equivalent of EFR at a separate location with a different instructor. It's good for the customers to have choices.

 

[Jean Francois Desfosses]

Trueish...but if you take into account the EFR costs such as student exams, authorization form to register them, etc, it would be very easy to have the price dropped to be competitive with other agencies, as well as for instructors to offer PADI's course to NON divers, and promote diving courses there as well.

 

[yle]

Trueish...but if you take into account the EFR costs such as student exams, authorization form to register them, etc, it would be very easy to have the price dropped to be competitive with other agencies, as well as for instructors to offer PADI's course to NON divers, and promote diving courses there as well.

Yeah... PADI does control the cost of the materials and registration, and they could lower those costs in an effort to help spread EFR to the masses. And someday pigs could fly.