Rescue Diver Course

[bluebubble1995]

Sounds like your real beef is that don't live anywhere near open water diving. Is that true?

Yes. I asked the LDS if I could skip the out of state trip portion and he said sure....no c-card though, which I'm cool with.

 

[Bubble Dragon]

Question: I'm about to take my exam in a coupple of days & after my final practise run yesterday-evening, I was told that I should "not leave the victim while towing him" The thing is that I find it pretty difficult to do the towing AND keeping the victim's airways open at the same time. Also the guy told me to stay next to the victim rather than behind him. I guess my main mistake is trying to keep the same hand in the victim's neck àll the time? Maybe I should alternate hands?

 

[scuba_dog]

Hi Guys - as a member of the "over 50's" club I completed my Rescue Diver in a freezing cold chalk pit in England last weekend - great choice! However I think its been hugely beneficial to me personally and as previous writers here have said - it really is where you start looking ut for others BUT I would also say that that I really enjoyed it! Some of the scenarios were a little demanding but on the whole - terrific and highly recommended. I was trained to saty behind the victim all the time and rescue breath over the top with mask but I think the main deal is that whatever you do is going to help and no one position is any better or worse than any other.
Safe Diving! The dog.

 

[awdemeo]

I should have added one more question: how much will I benefit if I take the rescue diver course? Do I need it? Or am I better off just to get more experience?

you should def. take the course it will make you much more comfortable in the water. their is really only one 5 min dive which is a recovery dive of an unresponsife diver. it is alot of serfice work and can be tailored to your body type. for instence being smaller it will teach you ways to deal with a larger unresponsife diver. i have about 35 loged dives and found it encredubly useful class. highly recommend it.
their is a test that covers the book work if you take the padi class. it takes place over 2 days and will teach you how to deal with panic divers on serfice and underwater as well as unresponsife divers on both locations. also how to locate a missing diver

 

[scubadude79]

I am going through the class right now, and here are the requirements:
Need AOW, CPR (EFR is PADIs recommendation but can be other acceptable course), book work (5 chapters), video, pool dives to complete training (ours took two 4 hour sessions with a class of 5), and 1 weekend of OW exercises.
I would recommend taking it even with your arthritis. It will teach you much valuable knowledge in the event that an emergency occurs. Just take your time and dont over exert yourself.

 

[Winterpeg]

thanks for all the encouragement! I have put it off a bit (life gets in the way) but plan to start the course next month and complete most of it over the summer, then do the OW part in Cozumel next winter I will make sure to post my experiences on this forum.