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  2. Rescue Diver - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Recreational scuba certification levels - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Open Water Diver (PADI, SSI) CMAS** scuba diver is a certification for recreational scuba diving issued by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS). which indicate that the diver has been found competent to dive in open water to a maximum depth of 40 meters, accompanied by another diver with equivalent or higher ...

  4. Professional Association of Diving Instructors - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. A Day in the Life of a United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer

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    Joining the USCG in August 2007, Opsal underwent extensive and intense physical training, and after graduation he continued his career by enrolling in the Coast Guard's rescue swimmer program.

  6. Rescue swimmer - Wikipedia

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    The first female Coast Guard rescue swimmer was Kelly Mogk Larson, who joined the Coast Guard in 1984 and later became the first woman to complete Navy Rescue Swimmer School, on May 23, 1986. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In May 2013, Karen Voorhees was the first woman to be advanced to chief petty officer in the rating of aviation survival technician ...

  7. Emergency ascent - Wikipedia

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    Alabama National Guard divers performing a controlled ascent during a training exercise. An emergency ascent is an ascent to the surface by a diver in an emergency. More specifically, it refers to any of several procedures for reaching the surface in the event of an out-of-gas emergency, generally while scuba diving.

  8. US coach makes dramatic rescue of artistic swimmer at worlds

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  9. Recreational diver training - Wikipedia

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    Scuba diving education levels as used by ISO, PADI, CMAS, SSI and NAUI Basic diving skills training in a swimming pool. Recreational diver training is the process of developing knowledge and understanding of the basic principles, and the skills and procedures for the use of scuba equipment so that the diver is able to dive for recreational purposes with acceptable risk using the type of ...