How to Teach the PADI Rescue Diver Course

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Straight Talk from PADI CEO: You Make a Big Difference

Here's how you can make a difference in the lives of your students by teaching the PADI Rescue Diver course and EFR.

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To Teach is to Learn: Unlock the Secrets of Divemaster Training

As with the PADI system, there is no one “PADI way” to teach a divemaster course. The relationship comes down to an opportunity to learn.

Plan a Rescue Diver Workshop

The Rescue Diver course is consistently described as one of the most challenging and yet rewarding courses in the entire PADI system of diver education

PADI Rescue Diver Product Updates

PADI Rescue Diver Manual Updated The PADI Rescue Diver Manual has a new look and revised Knowledge Reviews to match the PADI Rescue Diver TouchTM. You’ll want to get updated Knowledge Review Answer Keys before you teach your next PADI Rescue Diver course. When your next order of PADI Rescue Diver Crew-Paks arrives, you’ll notice that...

Training Insights… EFR: Do you think EFR won’t work in your business?

If you don’t think that teaching Emergency First Response (EFR) courses is possible within your business because of scheduling or location restrictions, try these tips to help integrate the program into your course offerings: Start or finish each day with an hour or two of EFR. This can either give you a gentle start to...

Training Insights… EFR: Why teach Emergency First Response (EFR) Courses to Rescue Divers?

Emergency First Response (EFR) courses offer an outstanding set of course materials and the same well-researched and respected educational system as PADI courses. Both of these factors make learning CPR and First Aid simple for your divers and also make it easy and fun to teach. Opportunities with potential Rescue Divers Although some PADI Rescue...

Training Insights… Rescue Diver Part 7: What is a Rescue Diver?

By the end of the PADI Rescue Diver course your students will have mastered all the skills and knowledge in the course, but they will not be perfect. Divers should understand that following the guidelines and being willing to try are more important than being technically perfect. Rescue Divers are divers that have mastered personal...

Training Insights… PADI Rescue Diver Part 6: Rescue Techniques

There are often many different techniques that divers can use to meet the performance requirements with the PADI Rescue Diver course. You will usually teach one or two techniques that you find the easiest for each skill, but if students achieve the performance requirement by using another method which they find more comfortable, then that’s...

PADI creates a buzz about scuba diving safety with the Rescue Challenge UK event

PADI Europe, Middle East and Africa invited PADI divers of all levels – from Open Water divers to Course Directors – to join in the fun at the Rescue Challenge UK event which took place in Portland, Dorset on Sunday 15th September. By inspiring divers to take their skills to the next level as well...