GUE Rescue Course

$800.00

WHY TAKE THIS COURSE?

Learn in Toronto all about the basic rescue diving techniques that are relevant to scuba diving emergencies. Building this knowledge will help you to conduct safer and more enjoyable dives with more confidence.

Description

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.