It is a rescue course where you can improve your safe diving skills, learn how to rescue yourself, assist a fellow diver and rescue from underwater and on the surface. The Rescue Specialisation Course is designed for advanced divers who want to increase their safety and the safety of their fellow divers during diving activities.

The SCUBA RESCUE DIVER card is a prerequisite for becoming an experienced diver and for joining the PSS professional courses. This course is the specialisation for all non-professional divers that is required to be able to move into professional waters. Although it is necessary to put the practical aspect at the forefront, the theoretical knowledge is fundamental for a good quality in didactic terms.

It is recommended for those who want to improve their knowledge, progress and start guiding other divers underwater. In this course you will learn the skills of assisting a fellow diver (basics of underwater search, techniques of towing a tired diver, controlling a panicky diver, assisting from the shore or boat). You will learn how to provide artificial respiration on the surface, first aid for a diver who has been injured on land, self-solving and stress management, rescue organisation. You will learn about possible problems underwater, procedures in case of a missing diver, scenarios of diving accidents, possibilities of giving artificial respiration in the water, lifting an unconscious diver, etc.

The main purpose of the course

At the end of the course, the trainee must be able to assist fellow divers in difficulty, within the specified limits for recreational diving to a depth of 30 metres (100 feet) and in similar environmental conditions to those encountered in the professional training.

Course requirements:

- AOWD/Junior AOWD card + knowledge suitable for the PSS Advanced Open Water Diver level,
- FIRST AID - CPR and First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation course or equivalent,
- Theoretical lessons: 10 hours (includes self-study),
- Practical lessons in the water: minimum 5 hours,
- The trainee must have his/her own diving equipment,
- The minimum age for the SCUBA RESCUE DIVER course is15 years.

PRICES

The course is taught with a minimum of two students. Students pay for their own diving centre services (use of the centre and refilling of tanks).