About the Course
Emergency First Response® primary and secondary care training teach you what to do in the critical moments between when a life-threatening emergency occurs and when emergency medical services arrive.
Learn how to perform CPR, provide first aid that eases pain, assesses various injuries and illnesses, and practices bandaging and splinting.
Take This Course If You Want to
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Learn CPR
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Improve your first aid skills
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Be prepared in an emergency
Learn How to
- Respond to a variety of illness and injuries
- Help someone who is choking
- Handle a possible spinal injury
- Apply bandages and splints
Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care Training
The Emergency First Response® Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) course combines flexible online self-study and in-person training. It’s your course at your pace. Practice a skill until you feel confident before moving on to the next one.
Pre-requisites & Minimum Age
Minimum Age: None
Course prerequisites: Desire to help others
Time Commitment
Self-study: 2-4 hours
Entire course: 1-2 days
Medical Requirements
Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
Frequently Asked Questions
- Looking for a detailed explanation of what's involved with learning to scuba dive? This comprehensive article covers everything you need to know about scuba certification.
Other Costs & Equipment
The first dive of the Search and Recovery Specialty course may count toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask your instructor about earning credit.
Every specialty certification you complete brings you one step closer to becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver™. Fewer than two percent of divers ever achieve this elite rating.
After this course
Your EFR Instructor can also train you how to provide CPR and first aid for children and infants, or teach you how to use an AED. Ask for details.
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