It can be structured in a variety of ways, as the purpose is to meet the objectives, rather than a particular schedule. We generally teach the course over two nights (8 hours) of academics, and two days (8-5) of diving. However, we also at times teach 'private' / individual courses over a more extended period of time, to accomodate the student diver's schedule.Can anyone tell me exactly how the PADI Rescue Diver cert. course is structured, i.e. classroom time (days or parts of days) and in water time as well as what is taught?
1. The academics areas covered include:
Being Prepared for an Emergency
The Psychology of rescue
Accident Management
Responding to Diver Emergencies
2. The diving involves a series of scenarios, that build basic skills and culminate in 'open water' scenarios than combine those skills into rescue efforts. In general, the in-water scenarios address skills such as:
Self-rescue
Assisting a tired / panicked diver on the surface, and underwater
Responding - from shore, boat, dock – to a responsive diver
Responding - from shore, boat, dock – to an unresponsive diver
Locating a submerged, unresponsive diver
Certainly this is not a comprehensive desciption, but more of a topical overview.