PADI Emergency First Response Instructor

To become a PADI Emergency First Response? (EFR) Instructor, you you’ll need to be a PADI Instructor, Assistant Instructor or Divemaster who has satisfactorily completed an EFR Instructor Training program. As a EFR Instructor, you may conduct EFR programs for divers and non-divers who want CPR and first aid training including basic emergency medical care knowledge and skills.

To enroll in a PADI EFR Instructor Training program, you'll need to:

1. Be either a PADI Divemaster, PADI Assistant Instructor (certified/upgraded using the 1995 revised curriculum), or a PADI Instructor, or have completed an IDC/IOC within the past 12 months.
   
   

2. Have successfully completed a EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE? program as a student. Training and Certification Teaching Status PADI Program Directors who are also PADI EFR Instructor Trainers may conduct PADI EFR Instructor Training programs. The EFR Instructor Training program teaches instructor candidates to conduct the EFR program including: AED use, Primary Assessment, CPR, Obstructed Airway, Control of Bleeding, Shock Management, Illness Assessment and Injury Assessment.

Once you complete the PADI EFR Instructor Training program, please submit to the appropriate PADI office a completed application signed by the PADI Program Director who conducted the training along with a photo and your processing fee. Only renewed PADI Instructors, Assistant Instructors and Divemasters may apply for EFR Instructor certification.