GUE Rescue Course

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Divers who like to manage stress more effectively
• Divers who like to prevent accidents and learn how to rescue others
• This primer is best taken after the Navigation Primer, as it requires competence in navigational skills.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

• Assisting distressed divers on the surface and underwater
• Unconscious diver recovery
• Missing diver protocols
• Surface management of a diving emergency
• Diving Basic Life Support skills

PREREQUISITES:

Applicants for a GUE Rescue Primer must:

• Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
• Be physically and mentally fit.
• Be a non-smoker.
• Be able to swim.
• Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for the use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
• Have passed the GUE Recreational Diver 1 course or a GUE Fundamentals course at the “recreational” level.
• Have completed at least 25 non-training dives.