Should You Take the Rescue Class?
The answer is a resounding yes! Ask any instructor and many will tell you that the most important class you can take as a diver is the Rescue Diver Class, and…
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Good Divers are Always Learning
This has been the motto of Dive Training Magazine (an excellent reference for all divers) for as long as we can remember, and that saying doesn’t just apply to entry…
Surprise Lessons in the Rescue Course
Whew!!! I just finished my Rescue class and boy am I tired. Saving people requires a lot more energy than I thought. I consider myself to be in pretty good physical condition but after today I know I need to workout even more.
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Call for Pizza!
The cry rang out across Keawakapu beach in the early morning hours just before the sun crested Haleakala. Nervous sunbathers looked on as a group of scuba divers struggled in the water and quickly carried one of their fellow divers on to shore, abandoning their gear and beginning CPR on their lifeless friend. One of the divers ran to the parking lot and returned with emergency oxygen which he added to the rescue efforts. A sunbather ran over to the wetsuit-clad group and asked if she could help them by calling 911. “Didn’t you hear our cries?!” one of the divers asked, “We said to call for pizza!”
(more…)Is This A Test? (Using what we learn)
It had been a great day at work. My two students (John and Barbara) and I had just finished the 2nd dive of our PADI National Geographic specialty, and as the conditions were ideal that day, both dives had been great. The three of us were slowly swimming back in and talking about what we’d seen. What we didn’t realize was that it was the PREVIOUS class I had taught them-Rescue Diver-that was about to become important.
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