Emergency First Response Course

Do your Emergency First Response Course either as a stand alone first aid course or for your PADI Rescue Divers Course. This course is also required to be a PADI Open Water Instructor.

Emergency First Response course encompass adult, child and infant CPR and first aid skills, and incorporate Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) training and emergency oxygen use. The Emergency First Response courses build lay rescuer confidence to provide care when faced with a medical emergency.

Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet PADI Rescue Diver prerequisites with Emergency First Response.

As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, Emergency First Response gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies — not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers too.

Emergency First Response courses encompass:

CPR courses for adults, children and infants
First aid for adults, children and infants
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training
PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider course
The PADI Emergency First Response Instructor and Instructor Trainer courses

To learn more, visit the Emergency First Response website.

Book your EFR Course here

EFR CPR Aussie Divers Phuket

Aussie Divers Phuket> PADI Continuing Education> Emergency First Response Course

Hi, was This Page Helpful?

(10 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

Mai Thon Island

Mai Thon is an island just to the east of the bay of Chalong at the south of Phuket. It is reportedly owned by one of the princesses of Thailand. It is one of the dive sites closest to Chalong Bay where virtually all of scuba diving boats depart from. Unique to Phuket, Mai Thon appears to be a favourite of the local dolphin population. Although very shy, dolphins have appears around 60% of visits there. It is a rarely dived is [...]

Find Out More...

Burma Banks

The Famous Burma Banks, just outside the Mergui Archipelago region. They flatten out at just over 20 metres with little in the way of shallow features so Nitrox is a popular choice. Scuba diving at the Burma Banks means beautiful expansive sea fans. Also some of the most pristine hard coral formations you will ever see. There is a timeless beauty to diving here and you get the feeling the underwater scenery has changed little for years and ye [...]

Find Out More...

North / Rocky Point – Island 9

North Point / Rocky Point is a cluster of huge submerged rocks located on the north east point of Island 9. A common site for Leopard sharks and Whitetip reef sharks. It is quite a popular site with the liveaboard vessels that head up there. Depth: 5-45m Difficulty: ✩✩✩ Marine life: ✩✩✩ Coral: ✩✩✩ Currents: ✩✩✩ Lat: 8.683360 Long: 97.647858 Book a Similan Islands Liveaboard with Aus [...]

Find Out More...

Do I Need to Know How To Swim to Scuba Dive?

This is a question that I often get asked, and really it is not as simple as YES or NO. If you want to become a certified scuba diver by doing the PADI Open Water Diver Course, the answer is yes. In the PADI Open Water Diver Course it is specified that you have to be able to swim 200 metres. This can be with any stroke. You also have to be able to tread water or float for at least 10 minutes. The reason for this is not for the fact that scuba diving requires you to swim. But rather it is for your and your groups safety. In the unlikely event that your BCD (Buoyancy Control Device) was to falter then there would be no device to kee [...]

Read The Story

Why whale sharks are NOT the coolest creatures in the sea…

One of the most popular creatures some say the coolest, in the sea is the whale shark. Look at most websites in Phuket and around the world and they will feature pics of these massive creatures. Travel to some locations in the world and you could not help but think they are the only creatures in the sea. We we are about to debunk that theory and prove that they are not as cool as what divers think. We rate the whale shark on four key areas, make you own mind up. They are never there when they need them to be Divers have spent many millions of dollars chasing that elusive glimpse of a whale shark and have failed. They have trav [...]

Read The Story

Scuba Diving Phuket – Recovery After the Pandemic

The Phuket scuba diving industry took a pretty big hit during the COVID pandemic. Phuket was isolated from the outside world for almost 18 months. During the period there were times when there was no scuba diving in Phuket at all. Even our local beach dives at Kata Beach were banned for an amount of time. The Phuket scuba diving industry is heavily reliant on international visitors and some businesses are almost 99% dependent on international divers. It was a very tough time for scuba diving in Phuket. A lot of scuba diving instructors returned to their native countries and employment within the scuba diving was slashed. The pand [...]

Read The Story

Emergency First Response Course