PADI Emergency First Response Course in Roatan
CPR, AED and first aid training in one day at our shop in West End, Roatan. No diving required.
$185 · 1 day · No dives · Valid 2 years · Age 10+
What is Emergency First Response?
Emergencies don’t wait for a good time. EFR is PADI’s CPR and first aid program, teaching you to manage a medical crisis in the minutes before professional help arrives. One day, no diving required, open to anyone. It’s a prerequisite for Rescue Diver, and the kind of training that’s useful everywhere, not just underwater.
How the EFR course works
One full day on-site, scenario-based throughout. You practice the skills, not just watch them.
Requirements: none. No prior certification needed, and you don’t need to be a diver.
PADI eLearning
Your EFR eLearning is included in the price. Work through it at home before your course day.
Primary Care
Morning session: CPR, rescue breathing and AED use, practiced hands-on until you can do it without thinking.
Secondary Care
Afternoon session: bleeding and shock, injury assessment, splinting, bandaging, spinal management and choking response.
Get certified
Done by the end of the day. Your Emergency First Responder certification is valid for two years.
What skills will you learn?
Primary Care in the morning, Secondary Care in the afternoon, all hands-on.
01
CPR and Rescue Breathing
Compressions and rescue breathing to PADI standard. Practiced hands-on in Primary Care until you can do it without thinking.
02
AED Use
Operate an AED confidently. Covered in Primary Care alongside CPR before you move on to Secondary Care.
03
Bleeding and Shock
Control serious bleeding and manage shock, with hands-on wound management from the Secondary Care module.
04
Injury Assessment
Assess and stabilize a patient. Splinting, bandaging, spinal management and choking response, all in Secondary Care.
Emergency First Response FAQ
Do I need to be a scuba diver to take EFR?
No. EFR is open to anyone, diver or not. No prerequisites, no minimum age.
Does EFR add extra days to the Rescue Diver course?
Not here. We run EFR concurrently alongside Rescue Diver so you finish both without adding days to your trip.
How long is the EFR certification valid for?
Two years. A one-day refresher renews it when it lapses.
What will I earn at the end of the course?
You will be certified for two years as an Emergency First Responder, an international basic emergency care qualification. After two years, you will need to refresh your Emergency First Response course in order to stay current.
Book your EFR course
Send us your dates and we’ll come back to you with availability, usually the same day.
What’s EFR training like in Roatan?
EFR runs over a single day at the shop in West End, Roatan. Primary Care in the morning, Secondary Care in the afternoon. It’s practical and hands-on throughout. Most people are surprised at how straightforward the skills are once they’ve practiced them, and they stay useful long after you leave the island.
What comes next?
EFR is the prerequisite for Rescue Diver and for the Divemaster Internship. If you’re here doing Rescue Diver, we’re already running them together. If you’re building toward becoming a Divemaster, keep your EFR current, as it expires after two years.
Rescue Diver
The course divers talk about most. Changes how you think and act underwater.
Divemaster Internship
Six weeks at the busiest dive shop in West End for real-life professional training.
Fun Diving
Daily guided dives from West End. All certified levels welcome.
Why dive with Coconut Tree Divers?
Coconut Tree Divers is right in the heart of West End, with some of Roatan's best dive sites right on our doorstep.
24+ Years Open in West End
Our PADI 5 Star IDC Center is one of Roatan's oldest and top-rated dive shops.
9,038 PADI Certifications
Completed, official PADI course certification records, May 2026.
4+ Daily Certified Dive Tours
Four daily fun dives and Tues & Thurs night dives make five.
Roatan’s Only TEC Center
TDI courses and guided deep diving from Advanced Nitrox to Trimix to Helitrox.
Diver Experiences
My daughter and I were here last week doing some advanced certifications. We did our Rescue Diver, Advanced Open Water and buoyancy certification, and then fun dives the rest of the week. We have been here many times and will never dive with anyone else on the island.
Pie S.