You will start your course with independent home study of the Rescue Diver Manual and completion of Knowledge Reviews.  Home study will be followed by an academic classroom knowledge development session (Saturday starting at 10.30a.m.) followed by confined water training at Maidstone Leisure Centre (Saturday starting at 5.30 p.m.).  Confined water rescue training will be followed by practical assessments in open water with staged scenarios.

During the Rescue Diver Course you will study:-

• First Aid Equipment
• Self Rescue Techniques
• Managing Diver Stress
• Emergency Management
• First Aid Procedures 
• Common Equipment Problems
• Recognizing Rescue Situations
• Release Function and Problems
• Rescuing the Responsive Diver Underwater
• Diver Stress
• Missing Diver procedures
• Rescue Exits with the Responsive Diver
• Rescuing the Unresponsive Diver Underwater
• Rescuing the Unresponsive Diver at the Surface
• Rescuing the Responsive Diver at the Surface
   

What you need to take

• Swim Suit
• Towel
• Medical Statement (click to view)
• Academic Materials (included in course price)
• Packed Lunch
• 2 Passport Photographs
• Proof of current Certification level

The following PADI forms and paperwork will be required for your course and will be mail merged and sent to you automatically by email when you book your course, or you can download it below:-
MSS Rescue Diver Course Enrolment Pack      
Self Declaration PADI Medical Statement form (10063, Ver. 2.0)
PADI Standard Safe Diving Practices form (10060, Ver. 1.4)
PADI Statement of Risks and Liability form (10072 Ver. 3.1)
PADI Rescue Diver Training Documentation & referral Form (10295)

Course Pre-requisites

• To take part in the PADI Rescue Diver Course, you must be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a certification beyond entry level, with a minimum of 20 logged dives and experience in deep diving and underwater navigation and have completed a sanctioned course in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR Primary Care) and basic first aid (Secondary Care) within the past two years – e.g. the EFR Course.
• CPR & First Aid training must be successfully completed prior to Knowledge Development presentation two and rescue training session two of the Rescue Diver course.
• Minimum age: 12 years (for Junior Divers)
   

Many students travel to Maidstone, Kent from other parts of the country to complete their courses with us.  Most of our courses can be completed within one or two weekends.  If you are travelling from outside the Maidstone area and require accommodation, why not take advantage of the special 10% discount offered by the Grade II listed King Street Hotel to all Maidstone Scuba School students. 

The hotel is within easy walking distance of Maidstone Leisure Centre, where your confined water and theory training takes place.  In between your course, you can relax in their comfortable lounge or enjoy the open air in our courtyard, which gives an extra dimension to this lovely old hotel.  For more information click here or to book direct with the holel click here.