Skills and Knowledge You Will Acquire
The SDI Rescue Diver Course is comprehensive, covering essential skills like accident prevention, stress management, equipment use, and effective rescue techniques. Expect to learn about diving accident causes, performing various rescues, managing dive-related injuries, and more. These skills are not just about diving; they are life skills that empower you to protect and save lives.

Course Experience: Dive Into Action
Dive into a practical learning environment where you’ll simulate real-life rescue scenarios, from handling panic symptoms to executing underwater rescues. The course combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on practice, ensuring you’re well-prepared to handle diving emergencies confidently and competently.

Course Prerequisites:
- Minimum age 18, 10 with parental consent.
- Provide proof of current First Response Adult and Child Emergency Care Provider and Oxygen Administration Provider (where local law permits) certification or equivalent. *
- Provide proof of SDI Advanced Adventure Diver certification, SDI Junior Advanced Adventure certification, or equivalent, or Open Water diver certification and 15 logged open water dives.
- Divers under age 15 may earn the Junior Rescue Diver certification. Junior students are to train and dive under the direct supervision of a parent, guardian, or active dive professional.
* Note: First Response courses may be combined with the SDI Rescue Diver course by
qualified instructors.

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SDI eLearning Courses
Scuba Diving International (SDI) offers courses for recreational diver, like Basic Open Water course, the first course every diver takes to start their dive training. SDI also offers specialties to continue the divers education like Deep, Wreck, and Night to name a few. In addition, SDI offers Leadership level training such as Dive Master, Assistant Instructor, and Open Water Instructor.

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