Cozumel
Scuba Diving Classes
NAUI Rescue Scuba Diver
Deep Exposure feels that by far this
is one of the most
important courses that you can take as a diver. The knowledge
received in this
course
is
worth its
weight in gold. We
strongly feel that you or your dive buddy should be proficient
in scuba
rescue...you just never know.
OVERVIEW
This course trains divers in the knowledge and
skills needed to manage
risks and effectively handle limited in-water
problems and diving emergencies. Included are: assists, transports,
surface
rescues
and rescues
from depth involving
both boat and shore based skin and scuba divers.
The
course meets
the
prerequisite
rescue training for Skin Diving
Instructor,
NAUI Assistant Instructor, Divemaster, and Instructor
certifications. Note:
Adult
CPR training
(approximately four
hours) meets the
requirement for Scuba Rescue Diver certification.
However, additional CPR training that
includes two person CPR
and the use of rescue
breathing barrier
devices,
e.g. pocket
mask®,
face shield, is required
to meet the requirements
for NAUI
leadership
certification.
QUALIFICATIONS OF
GRADUATES
• Graduates are considered competent to perform assists and rescues in
open water provided the diving
site and diving situations approximate those of the course.
• Graduates may use this certification as a prerequisite for the NAUI Training
Assistant Specialty Course,
Leadership Courses and Instructor Courses.
FIRST AID AND CPR TRAINING
• First Aid and CPR instructors who present training in these respective
skill areas during
this course need not be NAUI Instructors.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
• Training and experience equivalent to NAUI Scuba Diver.
• If accredited First Aid and CPR certification are not offered as part
of the course,
current certification in both is required for certification.
• Open Water. A least one session is to be conducted in open water. An
open water
session involves one or more skin or scuba rescue exercises.
SKILL REQUIREMENTS (open water)
• On the surface, identify the problem and properly assist a completely
equipped
skin or scuba diver simulating each of the following: a muscle cramp, rapid shallow
breathing,
exhaustion, signs of pre-panic
and breathing
difficulties
(due
to suit constriction, cold water,
etc.).
• Perform a satisfactory, controlled Scuba Diver Rescue. (see “Details
of Selected Skills”)
from
approximately
20 feet
(6 m)
of water
and transport,
one-on-one,
the
simulated
victim
50 yards
(46 m)
to shore,
boat
or
platform
removing
gear
as appropriate
for extrication
of the
victim
from
the water.
• With the aid of one assistant, remove a diver simulating a non-breathing
unconsciousness victim from the water after reaching the water’s
edge,
boat
or platform.
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
The following topics
shall be covered:
• Causes and prevention of diving accidents: physical conditioning and
physiological
factors, stress and psychological factors, stress and the panic syndrome in self
and others,
recognizing distress,
pre-dive
equipment
checks
and
surface drowning syndrome.
• Diving rescue: self-rescue, diver assists, surface and underwater rescues,
diver
transport, in-water rescue breathing, gear removal techniques, boat and shore
extrication
techniques,
first
aid applications
and
oxygen usage.
• General accident management: victim care and positioning, access to emergency
transport/assistance
and hyperbaric chambers, information collection and transmittal,
accident reporting, liability
and related
legal
considerations.
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