Read this great review written by Iris who decided she wanted to learn how to help others and improve her own diving skills! Thanks Iris!
"The most amazing learning experiences I’ve had throughout my PADI adventures so far and can highly recommend the experience.. so far the most challenging of all the courses but has the highest rewards as it really tests your water experience"
That's the quote I read on the Bali Dive Cove Blog when I was looking for a dive school in Amed for my Rescue Diver. I read and heard similar ones before, well, there must be some truth in it ... So I decided to do it: I´ll become a Rescue Diver!
I took the EFR already back in Germany, so I had "just" the Rescue Diver Manual, 2-3 days of practice and the Final Exam ahead of me Let's go reading! I started to read the Rescue Diver Manual to get familiar with the hazards of Scuba Diving, how to prevent them and how to act, if they happen. A lot of it I knew already from the PADI Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Nitrox Diver and Deep Diver, a lot was more detailed and I learned a lot more new, very helpful things to help myself and others.
My Instructor Jordan and I went over the quizzes and she explained everything very patiently, when I had questions or was unsure. English lessons included for free!
Let the practice begin! Jordan showed me every step of the scenario and we practiced before I had to do it by myself. Lucky for us, Dive Master in Training, Tom (thank you, Tom!), was so nice to play my poor victim A.K.A ‘Nemo’.
In two days I had the chance to be every kids hero and find Nemo, and also rescue him. We practiced search patterns to find our lost friend, I learned how to calm stressed divers, bring unresponsive divers to the surface, be aware of the danger zone next to panicking divers and still help them and how to tow tired divers to the shore.
Once we practiced bringing our diver to the shore and after calling for help, I practiced how to give proper CPR and Emergency Oxygen to patient Nemo. Quite a lot for two days and I was sooo hungry afterwards! (Luckily there was a tasty lunch waiting for me!) But I could not have been happier, after finishing the Final Exam and my Emergency Action Plan and be finally certified as a Rescue Diver!
Most challenging and most rewarding course so far, quite some work and sooo much fun. I´m very happy I picked Jordan for my Rescue Diver Course and decided to stick a bit longer at The Cove: now, I´m going to be a Divemaster!