Rescue Diving

I spent the last week doing a rescue diving course. It involved 1 day first aid training, half a day classroom theory, half a day in the pool, then 3 days of diving out on the reef. The goal of the course was to teach you how to deal with diver related emergencies ranging from simply a paniced diver to under water drownings to search patterns for missing divers.

The trip was actually extremely stressful because while we were on the boat we were basically always in a state of alert because the instructers would randomly at any time simulate drownings, man over boards, and diver panicks and we would have to grab our gear dive in and rescue them. Along with that the instructers were constantly sabataging our gear so before every single dive we would have to meticously go over our gear to make sure everything was in proper working order.

I've now decided to take the next step with my diving and I have signed up to take a Dive Masters course. The course is over an 18 day period, with 6 days on the reef with 20 dives, I will also be helping teach the basic open water course and help with the rescue diver course. On top of that there is a massive amount of theory to learn and several exams I have to take. This however will allow me to work in the diving industry and it is an internationally recognized certification.