PADI EFR & RESCUE COURSE

You have mastered diving, your skills are pretty good and you feel confident underwater. But how about your buddy? If they had a problem whilst diving, could you help them?

Now its time to rewind, review possible dangers in diving and how YOU could act to rescue yourself or another in an emergency.

The PADI® Rescue Diver course will change the way you dive – in the best possible way. Learn to identify and fix minor issues before they become big problems, gain a lot of confidence and have serious fun along the way. Discover why countless divers say the Rescue Diver course is their favorite scuba course.

What will I learn?

Learn how to think like a rescue diver through home study and skill practice with an instructor. All PADI courses are flexible and performance-based. You’ll practice basic rescue skills and then show you can effectively apply them in open water.

Online learning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Complete the knowledge development section of your course whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
Work at your own pace, online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor for in-water training, or whenever you have a question.

Then, the in-water training sessions with your instructor are serious fun. You’ll practice handling scenarios such as a panicked diver, and assisting a tired diver by role-playing with other students and your instructor.
During the course you will learn to help other divers, fix minor gear issues, perform fast acting rescue techniques. You will also learn how to evacuate divers from water and give CPR and emergency oxygen.

What are the requirements for Rescue diver course?

Minimum age: 12

Rescue Divers certified between the ages of 12-14 earn a Junior Rescue Diver certification.

PADI Advanced diver certification (or equivalent)
EFR Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months

Note: If you do not have a valid Emergency First Response training, you may complete a half day EFR course with us (+RM400).

Schedule:

Theory class / online e-learning: 1/2 day (5-7 hours)
EFR: 1/2 day
In-water at Bigfin divers: 2 day

Day 1: Classroom

Morning: Emergency first response course (unless already completed)
5 theory modules with knowledge reviews, quiz, exam and corresponding videos
Afternoon: Rescue Theory (if not yet completed online)

Day 2: In-Water

Self rescue skills practice
practice panicked diver/ snorkeler underwater and at surface
Responses from shore, boat and in-water
Common diver problems and rescue scenarios
Missing diver searches
Open water ‘Hell dive’

Day 3: In-Water

Surfacing unresponsive diver
In water CPR and exiting an unresponsive diver
Open water ‘Hell dive’
Emergency scenario

Diver next to huge Jellyfish during Rescue diver course

Scuba divers conducting PADI Rescue diver course