awetmedic
Contributor
Yeah, kinda like that
But seriously, a properly taught rescue diver course will include rescue of a person on the (water) surface. And no, not the guy who was walking on it..
Sure, when you properly teach any course it will have everything that course needs. You can be teaching anything from babysitting to rocket science and that applies. Rescue dive, by one large agency does not even touch on swimmer to swimmer skills. Divemaster by this same agency does have such topics as "the business of diving", because the rescue diver course that you took when you were 12 years old (min. age for rescue) covers your safety skills req. for divemaster.
The question is, what is properly?