posted by instructor on Mar 14
P.A.D.I. is requiring there new Open Water Scuba instructors to be E.F.R. Instructors after June 2009. Why ? Well the best answer is that this will make the Instructor well rounded. Since P.A.D.I. Rescue Diver requires first Aide and CPR why not get the instructor to teach that course as well. At the end of the day this will only help the instructor because they will be familiar with any new changes that happen in the CPR world, like 200 compressions that is be tested in some markets. So in the unlike event something happens to a diver and they are around, they will be able to act and hopefully resolve the divers or non diver issue.
Should the E.F.R. instructor be required to become P.A.D.I. scuba instructors? Why. CPR Instructor may not want to be a scuba diver, but a Scuba instructor should know how to teach CPR and First Aid. Since the Rescue course requires CPR and first aid portions. In fact there is more information in the PADI rescue course then in some first aid courses, and it is dedicated to water issues.