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The Rescue Diver course is the third level qualification in the American international system, [clarification needed] following the Advanced Open Water Diver qualification (AOWD). Historically the course was treated as a separate "speciality" rather than a mainstream certification in itself (and arguably it still is in many organization's ...
Diver rescue, usually following an accident, is the process of avoiding or limiting further exposure to diving hazards and bringing a diver to a place of safety. [1]
The CMAS Self-Rescue Diver training includes the use of a ratchet dive reel to control ascent rate in the event of unplanned positive buoyancy at depth due to loss of weights. The end of the line is fastened to a heavy object on the bottom, and deployed under tension to control depth.
By 1979, PADI was producing 100,000 certifications a year after previously hitting 25,000 a year. PADI was the first organization to use confined water or pool dives for training new divers and introduced the PADI Rescue Diver course and manual for rescue training during the 1980s. [5] [6] [7]
Sorenson began diving in 1995 and within a few years expanded to cave diving.In 1999, he joined International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery (IUCRR) as one of the original members and in 2003 founded Cave Adventurers dive center in Marianna, Florida near Florida Caverns State Park.
Rescue diver – Recreational scuba certification emphasising emergency response and diver rescue; Rescue squad – Emergency service that provides technical rescue services; Ski patrol – Services for the injured in ski area boundaries; Stand-by diver – A member of a dive team who is ready to assist or rescue the working diver
Divers attached to Maritime Safety and Security Teams, have the unique capability of detecting and, if necessary, stopping or arresting submerged divers, using the Underwater Port Security System. It is the only special operations group that can arrest submerged divers.
Richard William Stanton, MBE, GM (born 1961) [1] is a British civilian cave diver who specialises in rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation and the British Cave Rescue Council. He has been called "one of the world's most accomplished cave-divers", "the face of British cave diving," and "the best cave diver in Europe".