Rescue Diver Certification Report

[ItsBruce]

I just got done washing my gear from the ocean dive protion of my Rescue Diver Certification course.

Wow, that was quite a workout. There were a couple of times when I was ready to declare myself the tired diver. There were also a couple of times when I seriously considered having a nice pleasant panic of my own. And, there were a couple of times when I seriously considered golf.

I never realized how difficult it was to tow another diver an extended distance. Wow. I'm really impressed by those who have done this without as much of a struggle as I had.

Now that the test is over, I've got to say it was an enjoyable challenge. I learned a lot. Hopefully, I'll never need the skills I've learned. However, I'll practice them and hopefully improve.

 

[daniel f aleman]

Congrats, your fellow divers thank you.

 

[ShakaZulu]

One of the best courses to do, welcome to the club.

 

[BIGSAGE136]

Way to go! It really takes it to a new level.

 

[abysmaldiver]

congrats, sounds like your instructor did a good job.

 

[Imagesetter]

Congrats!

My portion had a bit of surf. (made for better training) I got sea sick with all the time we spent in the swells.

My turn as the victim with two rescuers, they neglected to watch the surf. I tried to whisper to them, when I really wanted to shout WAVE, but I could not since we were being watched by the instructors closely. Suffice to say, I am officially a DEAD person as we all rolled when we got hit by the wave.

Congrats again! So, when are you going to take it to the next level?

 

[CarbonZTT]

Just finished my rescue course a little over a week ago. I was exhausted by the end, towing a tired diver in current sucks *** lol. glad its over but learned a ton. Congrats

 

[Diveral]

Congrats, glad to have another out there.

 

[kidspot]

congratulations on finishing it

 

[TSandM]

Peter and I did our open water portion of Rescue today, too.

I am absolutely exhausted. It's amazing how tiring it is.

The bottom line, for me, from this class is that it is worth doing ANYTHING you need to do to avoid getting to the point where you need to be rescued, or need to rescue anybody.

Yeah, my DIR training required this . . . but from now on, ANYBODY I dive with is going through the head to toe equipment check, the full dive plan discussion, who is leading, who is responsible for each task, how much air do we all have, what dive are we doing, how are we figuring our air will last -- and so on. ANYBODY. Instructor or not. Long term buddy/friend or not.

Anything we can do to prevent a mishap is very simply worth doing.

The last thing I'll say is that I will take rescue again. I will take it from Bob, and I will take it with people who are diving the gear I am diving, and the gear I will be diving (doubles). The only major criticism I have of our Rescue course is that nobody had any familiarity with Hogarthian gear, and their attitude was that any difficulty I ran into was my fault for diving "weird gear" instead of helping me figure out how to manage it better. In our area, there are a LOT of divers in Hogarthian equipment configurations, and in doubles, and it would make much better sense to get some familiarity with how to manage rescue situations with that gear, rather than just dis it.