Course overview

Complete PADI Emergency First Response in Dahab as the CPR and first-aid foundation for the Rescue Diver course, taught in classroom comfort steps from the Masbat Bay dive sites. The skills transfer directly to caring for casualties on Dahab's busy shore-diving beaches.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • EFR Primary Care (CPR) skills
  • EFR Secondary Care (first aid) skills
  • AED orientation
  • Self-study via EFR materials
  • Skill practice and scenario assessment
  • EFR certification card valid 24 months
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Emergency First Response pathway

PADI delivers EFR using its own course materials and self-study, issuing an EFR certification valid for two years. It satisfies the CPR/first-aid prerequisite for the PADI Rescue Diver course.

Where you'll dive in Dahab

This is a dry course run in Dahab's dive-centre classrooms, but the lifesaving skills are tailored to shore diving along Masbat Bay and the Lighthouse, where entries and exits over reef shelves are common.

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Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

Flights and accommodation aren’t part of the course price, here’s how to book them around your dates.

Getting there

Fly into Sharm El Sheikh (SSH) · 5-7 hours from India.

Where to stay

Hotels and stays near the dive sites, compare rates and book direct.

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