PADI RESCUE DIVER FINAL PAPER 2025 QUESTIONS ANSD
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Your rescuing an unresponsive diver who isnt breathing. Youre in the water at the
surface giving rescue breaths and estimate that youre about a 15 minute swim to shore.
After a minute of giving breaths, the victim shows no signs of response. The best action
would be to tow the diver to shore giving rescue breaths.
T
F - ✔✔False (if not resp after a minute go directly to shore-no breathes)
✔✔Its difficult to detech a heartbeat in the water, so ou provide rescue breaths because
one may be present
T
F - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following steps apply to giving mouth to pocket mask rescue breaths?
(CATA)
A. Give breaths every 2 seconds
B. Secure the mask strap
C. Hold the mask with your thumbs, fingers on body part of jaw
D. Remove the mask to check for breathing - ✔✔B, C
✔✔While returning to the boat, you and your buddy come upon a diver unresponsive
lying o the bottom. The divers regulator is out of the mouth. You should replace it before
taking the victim to the surface.
T
F - ✔✔False
✔✔During ascent with the victim in the previous question, keep the victims head in a
normal position. Expanding air will vent on its own.
T
F - ✔✔True
✔✔After a dive incident that required summoning emergency medical care, and offficial
asks you questions for a formal accident report. Which of the would be appropriate for
you to provide when answering?
A. Events/facts that you personally witnessed
B. Events/facts that someone told you
C. Your opinion about what happened
, D. Whose fault the incident was - ✔✔A.
✔✔Administering oxygen promptly is crucial for suspected DCI because it has been
shown to improve effectiveness of recompression.
T
F - ✔✔True
✔✔You have just bought an emergency oxygen system. Which are true?
A. Keep the valve lubricated with standard silicone grease
B. Always put out flame before deploying oxygen
C. When using oxygen, always open valve quickly
D. Keep unit assembled when not in use - ✔✔B, D
✔✔When using a continuous flow oxygen system initially set the flow rate at ____ liters
per minute. If the reservoir bag fully collapses completely when the patient inhales,
change to _____
5, 10
15, 25
10, 30
25, 40
20, 25 - ✔✔15, 25
✔✔Your manages a dive accident scene. Youve completed primary and secondary care
and summoned EMS. The patient is breathing oxygen. While waiting for EMS you
(CATA)
A. manage shock
B. keep the area open for EMS
C. monitor the AB-CABS
D. allow the patient to sit up
E. contact local diver emergency service - ✔✔A, B, C, E
✔✔What information should you collect to send with the injured diver and EMS. (CATA)
A. Diver name and contact
B. Dive profile
C. Significant medical history
D. Emergency care provided
E. Local diver emergency system number and contact name
F. Best guesses to any of the above - ✔✔A, B, D, E, F
✔✔Enumerate the steps for a lifegaurd exit.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Your rescuing an unresponsive diver who isnt breathing. Youre in the water at the
surface giving rescue breaths and estimate that youre about a 15 minute swim to shore.
After a minute of giving breaths, the victim shows no signs of response. The best action
would be to tow the diver to shore giving rescue breaths.
T
F - ✔✔False (if not resp after a minute go directly to shore-no breathes)
✔✔Its difficult to detech a heartbeat in the water, so ou provide rescue breaths because
one may be present
T
F - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following steps apply to giving mouth to pocket mask rescue breaths?
(CATA)
A. Give breaths every 2 seconds
B. Secure the mask strap
C. Hold the mask with your thumbs, fingers on body part of jaw
D. Remove the mask to check for breathing - ✔✔B, C
✔✔While returning to the boat, you and your buddy come upon a diver unresponsive
lying o the bottom. The divers regulator is out of the mouth. You should replace it before
taking the victim to the surface.
T
F - ✔✔False
✔✔During ascent with the victim in the previous question, keep the victims head in a
normal position. Expanding air will vent on its own.
T
F - ✔✔True
✔✔After a dive incident that required summoning emergency medical care, and offficial
asks you questions for a formal accident report. Which of the would be appropriate for
you to provide when answering?
A. Events/facts that you personally witnessed
B. Events/facts that someone told you
C. Your opinion about what happened
, D. Whose fault the incident was - ✔✔A.
✔✔Administering oxygen promptly is crucial for suspected DCI because it has been
shown to improve effectiveness of recompression.
T
F - ✔✔True
✔✔You have just bought an emergency oxygen system. Which are true?
A. Keep the valve lubricated with standard silicone grease
B. Always put out flame before deploying oxygen
C. When using oxygen, always open valve quickly
D. Keep unit assembled when not in use - ✔✔B, D
✔✔When using a continuous flow oxygen system initially set the flow rate at ____ liters
per minute. If the reservoir bag fully collapses completely when the patient inhales,
change to _____
5, 10
15, 25
10, 30
25, 40
20, 25 - ✔✔15, 25
✔✔Your manages a dive accident scene. Youve completed primary and secondary care
and summoned EMS. The patient is breathing oxygen. While waiting for EMS you
(CATA)
A. manage shock
B. keep the area open for EMS
C. monitor the AB-CABS
D. allow the patient to sit up
E. contact local diver emergency service - ✔✔A, B, C, E
✔✔What information should you collect to send with the injured diver and EMS. (CATA)
A. Diver name and contact
B. Dive profile
C. Significant medical history
D. Emergency care provided
E. Local diver emergency system number and contact name
F. Best guesses to any of the above - ✔✔A, B, D, E, F
✔✔Enumerate the steps for a lifegaurd exit.
