CPR and first aid, emergency first response primary and secondary care are good skills for anyone involved in adventure sports – just in case. And, you need these skills for the PADI Rescue Diver course. All our Oceanaddicts dive instructors are also Emergency First Response Instructors.
PADI EMERGENCY FIRST REPONSE
Emergency First Response is a PADI affiliate that specialises in teaching these lifesaving skills – and they’re for anyone, not just divers.
BOOK COURSEOUTCOMESTHE FUN PART
The fun part about Emergency First Response training is learning serious medical emergency response skills in an upbeat, positive environment. You gain the confidence that you are prepared to help in an emergency. Course participants learn simple to follow steps for emergency care and practice applying skills in a non stressful learning environment.
WHAT YOU LEARN IN THE EFR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CARE COURSES
- BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR and rescue breathing at the layperson level
- AED (automated external defibrillator) use (optional)
- Preventing and caring for shock
- Spinal injury management
- Use of barriers to reduce disease transmission risk
- Basic first aid and first aid kit considerations
PREREQUISITES
To enrol in Emergency First Response courses, you must care about other people and want to be able to assist them in a medical emergency
YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE
Beside the Primary and Secondary Care Courses, Emergency First Response offers Care for Children and other emergency training programs.After completing Primary and Secondary Care, take the PADI Rescue Diver course and the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider course Together, these three courses round out your ability to handle scuba diver emergencies.
For more information about this or other PADI courses have a chat with one of the Oceanaddicts Team members.
THE LEARNING MATERIALS YOU NEED
Having completed first aid and CPR training from Emergency First Response® (EFR®), divers will have gained the knowledge and skills to help someone in need and become an essential link in the chain of survival.
SEE WHAT OUR VISITORS SAY!
GREAT DIVING HERE
Great day diving with 2 friends. Great boat, great captain, stress free and friendly service. Would highly recommend
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GREAT PLACE TO GO DIVING
Excellent dive centre, really enjoyed my dives with them, easy to deal with, flexible and know what they are doing. Highly recommend them.
Gerard
GREAT DIVING
Anne and Graham Ferguson are very nice and interessting people with a great knowledge. The diving was fantastic, very nice spots we saw a lot of crayfish and so mutsch more. The vareiety is great I really enjoyed the diving.
Fabian
GREAT CHILLED DIVING
Third trip to Ocean Addicts in late August. Did an afternoon and morning dive this time. Yet again great service from Graham and Anne. There is a reason they have been going for years and others have fallen by the wayside.
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STAY SAFE AND SUPPORT LOCAL
All our boats are licensed by the Department of Transport, conform to the highest safety standards and are fully insured. The dive boats carry emergency medical oxygen and a marine first aid kit.
