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This is a certification course for certified scuba
divers who desire to assume greater rescue
capabilities during diving activities. The
training emphasizes accident supervision and
management with practical applications in open
water. This course is designed specifically to
provide the knowledge and skills necessary to:
Help prevent diving accidents.
Recognize life-threatening diving situations.
Correctly initiate and/or supervise rescue/assist
procedures.
Effectively perform in-water rescue/assist
techniques and procedures.
Correctly manage rescue assistants during and
after rescues.
Provide immediate, effective post-rescue aid.
Correctly manage a diving emergency with
adjustments for local variants.
QUALIFICATIONS OF GRADUATES
For a period of three years after the course,
graduates are considered competent to perform
assists and rescues in aquatic situations so long
as the situation approximates one for which they
have been trained. After renewal of certification,
the individual will again be considered competent.
RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATION
For renewal of certification, an individual with
current First Aid and CPR certifications must
correctly demonstrate to an active-status NAUI
Instructor the open water skills contained within
these standards.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age.
Minimum age is 17 years.
Diver Certification.
Minimum is NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver or
equivalent.
CPR & First Aid Certification. Current
certification in CPR (cardiopulmonary
resuscitation) and First Aid by a NAUI recognized
agency.
Training shall include: one rescuer adult CPR,
infant/child CPR, two rescuer CPR, and rescue mask
- barrier device use. (Certification as a water
safety instructor and in lifeguarding is strongly
recommended.)
Oxygen Training. Proof of oxygen administration
training within the past two years is required
unless oxygen administration is offered as part of
the course. Oxygen administration training must
include the assembly, use, and basic maintenance
of constant flow and demand valve oxygen delivery
systems.
Diving Skills.
Participants must comfortably perform the
following skills prior to beginning training. Time
involved for performing the skills is in addition
to the estimated course hours. The instructor is
to use these skills as screening evaluation
criteria:
Swimming skills (no equipment)
–Swim 225 yard (207 m) nonstop, any stroke, in six
minutes or less.
–Survival swim for 15 minutes.
–Recover 10 pounds (4.5 kg) from about 10 feet (3
m) of water.
–Transport another person of equal size 25 yards
(22.9 m).
Skin diving skills as required for the NAUI Scuba
Diver Course.
Scuba skills (scuba equipment)
–Assemble equipment, make adjustments, don
equipment, and perform pre-dive equipment
inspections.
–In turn, at the surface remove and replace mask,
snorkel, fins, weight belt and scuba unit.
–In turn, underwater remove, replace and clear
mask and regulator, comfortably breathe from a
regulator without wearing a mask for two minutes,
buddy breathe, and share air using and alternate
air source.
–Demonstrate surface use of the BC and the ability
to hover underwater.
–Perform a Scuba Lifesaving Transport (see
“Details of Selected Skills”) of another scuba
diver 100 yards (91 m) within four minutes.
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