PADI Rescue Diver Course - Thresher Shark Divers

Move your diving to the next level on Malapascua Island in the Philippines!

Learn the skills and build the confidence to assist other divers.

Most divers say this is the most enjoyable course of them all. Now that you are an Advanced Open Water Diver and are more confident in the water, you can direct your awareness towards the well-being of others. You will build on your observation skills and learn rescue and first aid skills. Your confidence in the water will increase tremendously as you learn to care for yourself and help other divers.

During this course you will encounter realistic rescue scenarios, and you will learn how to effectively manage these situations. You will become competent in the most important rescue skill of all: anticipation and prevention of problems.

You will find out that there is no one way to solve a problem, and you will learn how to decide and act on the best solution in any situation

Do your Rescue Diver Course in paradise

With shark dives every morning!

TSD is a great place to do your Rescue Diver course. We believe it is one of the most important courses you will ever do, and so make sure we are very thorough during the course. For instance, we will repeat exercises for as long as you feel you need and ensure that when you complete the course you will feel competent in your skills.

The Rescue Diver Course takes minimum 2 days, but we usually spend longer, depending on your schedule.

As a bonus, given the shark dive is so early, you can sometimes fit in a couple sneaky thresher dive each morning before your course starts!

Rescue Diver

2-3 days

Emergency First Response (pre-requisite)

1 day

Course Overview

You will learn skills such as:

• Recognising and managing stress in divers

• Emergency management and equipment

• Search and rescue principles

• Rescuing an unresponsive diver

• Problem prevention and assessment skills

There are three parts to the Rescue Course:

Knowledge Development

Complete your Rescue Diver knowledge development online at your own pace. This builds a strong understanding of rescue principles, diver stress and emergency response before practical training begins.

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.

Confined Water Skills

Once theory is done, rescue skills are introduced in calm, shallow water.

Practical skills include:

• Review of self-rescue basics

• Buoyancy control and airway management

• Regulator recovery

• In-water victim approaches and assists

• Stress recognition and response drills

• Communication and teamwork exercises

Hone essential rescue techniques in shallow water before progressing to open water — building confidence in buoyancy, control and emergency response.

Rescue Scenarios

Apply your skills in realistic open water situations with guided rescue scenarios. These sessions build real-world confidence and preparedness in emergency response.

Includes:

Multiple rescue exercises simulating real situations
Surface and underwater victim recovery
Stressed-diver management
Search patterns for missing divers
Panicked diver scenarios
Unresponsive diver response & egress

Online Manuals and e-Learning

Thresher Shark Divers also offers the next evolution in the PADI Rescue Diver experience: the revolutionary PADI e-learning. It fuses state-of-the-art technology with proven PADI instructional design to deliver the excitement and experience of learning to scuba dive to your device. It is an interactive version of the popular PADI Rescue Diver course, integrating the PADI manual curriculum, learning objectives, video clips, quizzes and knowledge reviews into a rich, interactive learning environment.

You may use it online or download for offline use. This contains all of the academics.

Another option is the less bandwidth-intensive online manual, which is an ebook. Unlike the Video, it is the manual only, and you will do the quizzes and watch the videos separately.

If you want to learn to dive this is a great way to save valuable holiday time and do your studying in advance. It can cut 1-2 days off the duration of your course, giving you more time to enjoy the beautiful island of Malapascua, both above and below the water.

If you prefer a hard copy of the manual that is possible, but you will not be able to access it in advance.

Thresher Shark Divers also offers the next evolution in the PADI Open Water Diver experience: the revolutionary PADI Open Water Diver e-learning. It fuses state-of-the-art technology with proven PADI instructional design to deliver the excitement and experience of learning to scuba dive to your device. It is an interactive version of the popular PADI Open Water Diver course, integrating the PADI Open Water Diver manual curriculum, learning objectives, video clips, quizzes and knowledge reviews into a rich, interactive learning environment.

You may use it online or download for offline use. This contains all of the academics.

Another option is the less bandwidth-intensive online manual which is an ebook. Unlike the Touch it is the manual only and you will do the quizzes and watch the videos separately.

If you prefer a hard copy of the manual that is possible, but you will not be able to access it in advance.

Prerequisites

Advanced Open Water with PADI or another agency
PADI Emergency First Response (or an equivalent First Aid/CPR certification) dates within 24 months.
Minimum age: 12 years old: 12-14 year old divers earn a ‘Junior’ Open Water Diver certification, which automatically upgrades on turning 15.

Anyone can learn to dive as long as you are in reasonable physical condition. Please check the medical form and consult a physician if necessary. You can also contact us with your questions and we encourage you to do so!

Swimming ability: There is a swim test of 200m, any style, no time limit. For those who are not strong swimmers, you may instead do a 300m snorkel swim with mask, snorkel and fins. You will also need to do a surface float of 10 minutes with no aids.

The minimum age to start diving is 10 years old: 10-14 year old divers earn a ‘Junior’ Open Water Diver certification which automatically upgrade on turning 15.

Download medical exam form

Your Instructors

Our PADI diving instructors have been though a rigorous training program and each has many years of teaching experience with hundreds of students.

We take great pride in teaching students of any level. Diving lessons are almost always one-on-one, and there will usually be an assistant as well. So you will get individual attention and diving instruction will go at your own pace.

You can be assured that with us, you will have only the best: top quality service, unrivalled professionalism and a safe and most of all fun diving vacation from start to finish!

PADI Emergency First Response

You must have a current CPR and first aid certification prior to starting the Rescue Diver course (completed within the last two years).

PADI’s Emergency First Response course is highly recommended and is available through Thresher Shark Divers. If you have completed a CPR course elsewhere in the last two years, please bring the card and preferably email it to us in advance for checking equivalency.

More info on our EFR courses can be found HERE.

You may use it online or download for offline use. This contains all of the academics.

Another option is the less bandwidth-intensive online manual which is an ebook. Unlike the Touch it is the manual only and you will do the quizzes and watch the videos separately.

If you prefer a hard copy of the manual that is possible, but you will not be able to access it in advance.

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PADI Rescue Diver Course

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