PADI RESCUE DIVER 2026 FINAL PAPER
STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED Q&A
◉What is the primary first aid for a serious near drowning
accident?. Answer: Rescue breathing, deliver emergency oxygen and
CPR if needed, and seek medical care.
◉Imagine you are rescuing an unresponsive diver at the surface. You
find the diver is not breathing. What would you do if you were more
than an estimated 5-minutes swim to safety?. Answer: Establish
buoyancy for you and the diver (fill BC/drop weights), ask someone
to call for help if within earshot, remove mask and regulator of the
victim, look listen and feel for 10-seconds, start with 2 rescue
breaths and administer rescue breathing (1 breath every 5 seconds)
for 1-2 minutes. If the diver is responsive continue rescue breathing
and tow to safety while starting equipment removal between
breaths. If the diver is unresponsive, immediately discontinue rescue
breathing and tow to shore as quickly as possible. Get the diver out
of water, do a primary assement and if needed start CPR with AED if
available.
◉Imagine you are rescuing an unresponsive diver at the surface. You
find the diver is not breathing. What would you do if you were less
than an estimated 5-minutes swim to safety?. Answer: Establish
buoyancy for you and the diver (fill BC/drop weights), ask someone
, to call for help if within earshot, remove mask and regulator of the
victim, look listen and feel for 10-seconds, start with 2 rescue
breaths and administer rescue breathing (1 breath every 5 seconds)
for 1-2 minutes. Continue rescue breathing and tow to safety while
starting equipment removal between breaths.
◉Describe what to do when bringing an unresponsive diver to the
surface from underwater.. Answer: Tap the diver to see if ok, if no
response - quickly note the state the diver is found in, if the
regulator is in - slip hand under armpit of diver and hold the
regulator in with that hand, put a little air in BC to establish
buoyancy for the diver, use own BC to acend and release air from
victim's if needed to control ascend.
◉Describe how you would give rescue breaths with a pocket mask.
Answer: Establish buoyancy for diver/yourself, call for help, remove
their mask and your mask, look listen and feel for 10 seconds, place
mask over the nose/mouth (pointy side up), place the thumbs on
mask and fingers on jaw, give two breaths and secue strap, continue
1 breath every 5 seconds and determine distance to safety for the
steps.
◉Explain how to make contact with a panicked diver at the surface..
Answer: Approach but stop short of the diver, ask the diver and
splash a little to get attention, evaluate to see if the diver is panicked
and be ready to pull away if necessary, ask the diver to inflate their
bcd or drop weights, make contact with the diver and establish
STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED Q&A
◉What is the primary first aid for a serious near drowning
accident?. Answer: Rescue breathing, deliver emergency oxygen and
CPR if needed, and seek medical care.
◉Imagine you are rescuing an unresponsive diver at the surface. You
find the diver is not breathing. What would you do if you were more
than an estimated 5-minutes swim to safety?. Answer: Establish
buoyancy for you and the diver (fill BC/drop weights), ask someone
to call for help if within earshot, remove mask and regulator of the
victim, look listen and feel for 10-seconds, start with 2 rescue
breaths and administer rescue breathing (1 breath every 5 seconds)
for 1-2 minutes. If the diver is responsive continue rescue breathing
and tow to safety while starting equipment removal between
breaths. If the diver is unresponsive, immediately discontinue rescue
breathing and tow to shore as quickly as possible. Get the diver out
of water, do a primary assement and if needed start CPR with AED if
available.
◉Imagine you are rescuing an unresponsive diver at the surface. You
find the diver is not breathing. What would you do if you were less
than an estimated 5-minutes swim to safety?. Answer: Establish
buoyancy for you and the diver (fill BC/drop weights), ask someone
, to call for help if within earshot, remove mask and regulator of the
victim, look listen and feel for 10-seconds, start with 2 rescue
breaths and administer rescue breathing (1 breath every 5 seconds)
for 1-2 minutes. Continue rescue breathing and tow to safety while
starting equipment removal between breaths.
◉Describe what to do when bringing an unresponsive diver to the
surface from underwater.. Answer: Tap the diver to see if ok, if no
response - quickly note the state the diver is found in, if the
regulator is in - slip hand under armpit of diver and hold the
regulator in with that hand, put a little air in BC to establish
buoyancy for the diver, use own BC to acend and release air from
victim's if needed to control ascend.
◉Describe how you would give rescue breaths with a pocket mask.
Answer: Establish buoyancy for diver/yourself, call for help, remove
their mask and your mask, look listen and feel for 10 seconds, place
mask over the nose/mouth (pointy side up), place the thumbs on
mask and fingers on jaw, give two breaths and secue strap, continue
1 breath every 5 seconds and determine distance to safety for the
steps.
◉Explain how to make contact with a panicked diver at the surface..
Answer: Approach but stop short of the diver, ask the diver and
splash a little to get attention, evaluate to see if the diver is panicked
and be ready to pull away if necessary, ask the diver to inflate their
bcd or drop weights, make contact with the diver and establish
