Rescue diver course on the MV Smiling Seahorse
Diving is an adventurous activity, and alongside a lot of fun there is some risk involved.
The most common causes of dive related injuries are due to lack of awareness regarding gas management, dive conditions, sea life behavior and the diver’s personal abilities. Do you have the proper training for this upcoming dive? The Smiling Seahorse Dive Centre is a small family run company, which allows us to be very focused on every step on the road to your dive safety education. Starting with the First Emergency Responder course, primary and secondary care, you will learn the proper procedures to assist and rescue (CPR&AED) people dear to you like friends and family or even total strangers… |
Rescue diver course:
Rescue Diver combines Emergency first responder course with diving related rescue technics to spot foreseeable problems and master rescue technics underwater and at the surface.
The main objective of this course is to be able to identify and manage stress for yourself first then to your dive buddies before it get out of control leading to panic. Given that you would have had to take the Emergency First Responder course, you will be able to apply your rescuer skills to the diving environment such as in water rescue breathing procedures and so much more… Rated as the most rewarding PADI diving course it is also a lot of fun! 9000 THB for a Rescue diver course taken on board one of our dive cruises. Prerequisites: It is necessary to have an EFR certification (or equivalent) to enrol for PADI Rescue Diver course; you can pass the EFR course at the same time or provide a valid certification card (less than 2 years) you can take a CPR/ first aid class with your fire station or hospital back home for exemple. Logisitic: you'll need a day at the pool before departure |
Emergency First Responder course:
Starting with the theory, you then learn the technics to assist other persons in case of an emergency arises.
With the primary care and secondary care you will learn to monitor the life line, breathing, pulse, bleeding, spinal injuries, shocks… You will be the first person able to assist any injured person waiting for the local emergency services to arrive. The Smiling Seahorse gives the choice to take the EFR course for adults and / or for infants and children. Only 7000thb EFR Course needs to be done on the land before leaving for the cruise or onboard. It can be done at the same time than Rescue course or separately. Logistic: you will need one morning in Ranong for this course. |