For the Location(S) Where the Scenario(S) Will Be Held

Emergency Assistance Plan

Prior to Open Water Rescue Scenario One, Each student must prepare an emergency assistance plan

for the location(s) where the scenario(s) will be held.

Refer to Chapter One of the PADI Rescue Diver Manual for information on emergency assistance plans.

Emergency Assistance Plans are evaluated based on their completeness in providing information someone would need to manage a diving accident at the assigned site.

The plan may include information such as local emergency medical contact information, contact information for local authoritiesinvolved in evacuating an injured diver, contact for area diver emergency service (if present in the area), nearest operational recompression chamber (for areas not served by DAN or a similar service), communication requirements (such as if the area has no cellular service) and any other information you indicate would apply to the particular area.

Students may make copies of their completed plans for each other’s reference and use during the scenarios.

Accident Management

Managing an Emergency

• What is the difference between a “victim” and a “patient”?

• What are the two possible roles a rescue diver may have at a dive accident scene?

• What two forms of readiness prepare you to manage an emergency & what are the elements of each?

• What are the six basic steps for emergency management?

• What considerations and procedures are involved with forming a local emergency assistance plan?

What considerations and procedures are involved with forming a local emergency assistance plan?

A local emergency assistance plan provides you with information readiness if an emergency arises. This saves valuable time in a diver emergency. Having an Emergency Assistance Plan is especially important when visiting a new dive site or diving in a remote location.

For areas where Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are available, most people are familiar with emergency contact numbers – for example, 999. However, it’s a good idea to have local emergency numbers written down and easily accessible at the dive site.Your PADI Accident Management Workslate may be used as a ready reference; write contact information on it with a marker. If the Divers Alert Network (DAN) provides consultation for your area, you should also have those numbers handy.

The student’s emergency assistance plan may be credited as meeting the emergency assistance plan requirement in the

PADI Divemaster course, at the discretion of the PADI Instructor conducting that course.