Course overview

Learn to anticipate, prevent and manage diving emergencies with the SSI Diver Stress & Rescue course on Grand Cayman. Rehearsing rescue techniques in the calm shallows off Seven Mile Beach and on the clear West Wall reefs, you develop the judgement to recognise stress early and respond decisively to in-water problems. You finish a more capable, safety-minded diver and ready for the SSI Divemaster pathway.

What you’ll learn

• Identify and manage diver stress before it becomes an emergency
• Perform self-rescue and problem-prevention techniques
• Assist a panicked diver at the surface and underwater
• Recover and surface an unresponsive diver
• Provide emergency oxygen and conduct rescue breathing
• Plan and execute a missing-diver search

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• SSI Advanced Adventurer or equivalent certification
• SSI React Right (or recognised CPR/first-aid and oxygen training)
• At least the recommended number of logged dives
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory and stress recognition

   Complete the digital academics and practise self-rescue and stress management in shallow water.
2. Day2
   Rescue skills

   Run the rescue exercises, from assisting tired divers to surfacing an unresponsive diver, off Seven Mile Beach.
3. Day3
   Scenarios and certification

   Complete full rescue scenarios and a search on the West Wall reefs, then certify.

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