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This is something I criticize PADI for as well -- Rescue is something that every diver benefits from, PADI's idea of making AOW a pre-cursor is a mistake in my mind.
(The counter argument being that a lack of experience can make a rescue trained diver a liability in a rescue situation doesn't hold weight with me, most rescue divers are inexperienced compared to Coast Guard rescue swimmers, but that doesn't stop the Coast Guard appreciating rescue divers being on-scene first during an incident).
That said - it is a course I think every serious diver (someone diving anything more than a vacation trip each year) should take.
(The counter argument being that a lack of experience can make a rescue trained diver a liability in a rescue situation doesn't hold weight with me, most rescue divers are inexperienced compared to Coast Guard rescue swimmers, but that doesn't stop the Coast Guard appreciating rescue divers being on-scene first during an incident).
That said - it is a course I think every serious diver (someone diving anything more than a vacation trip each year) should take.