Whitewater Rescue Technician - Professional

The Rescue 3 Europe Whitewater Rescue Technician - Professional course is designed for river users who require advanced rescue capability in a whitewater environment.

The course will take place in Wicklow (subject to water levels).

€50 deposit secures a place.

Total cost: €300

Course content includes

• Rescue 3 philosophy
• Training standards
• Best practice guidelines
• River hydrology and hazards
• Personal equipment
• Technical and group equipment
• River running considerations
• Assessing risk
• Managing an incident
• Medical considerations
• Night/poor visibility considerations
• Introduction to searching rivers
• Communications
• Whitewater swimming techniques
• Strainer swim
• Conditional rescues – throwbags
• Shallow water techniques
• Foot/body entrapments
• Knots and anchor systems
• Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage
• Tethered rescues
• Line crossing methods
• Tensioned diagonals/zip lines
• Boat pins and wraps
• Tethered boat techniques
• Victim/casualty management
• Belay systems
• Scenarios

Prerequisites:

• CI Level 4 Canoe or Kayak skills and/or Level 3 instructor trainee.
• Minimum age: 18