Five hours in Port de Sóller teach simple, effective steps for emergency care. This Emergency First Responder course is built for lay rescuers: people who want the confidence to act when someone is hurt, not a medical degree. The session stays on land, with an instructor who keeps the skills practical and the tone calm.
A focused classroom session, not a dive day. Your instructor walks through how emergencies start, what a lay rescuer can usefully do and which steps actually help. Skills are practised on the floor and on training aids, with time to repeat the awkward parts until they feel less foreign.
Five hours is long enough to learn and short enough to stay sharp. Scenarios stay realistic for a harbour town, without turning the room into an in-water session. By the end the group should feel more willing to act, which is the point of the course.
The meeting point is at Port de Sóller harbour, on the northwest coast of Mallorca. Training takes place at the harbour base, a short walk from the waterfront, so the day stays in one place.
This is a land-based course. The harbour setting simply makes it easy to find, park nearby and finish in an afternoon without a transfer to a distant classroom.
No medical training is needed. The course is written for lay rescuers: travellers, divers and anyone who wants a clear plan if someone is hurt. A willingness to practise on the floor and take the scenarios seriously is enough.
The start time is confirmed before the first morning. Wear clothes you can move in, and say if you would rather watch a particular drill than perform it.
Hospitality is part of the job, not an extra, and it shows from the first morning on the quay. We have spent more than thirty years on Mallorca's northwest coast, with Port de Sóller as the harbour base for a five-star PADI programme of daily boats, guided dives, snorkel trips and courses from beginner to professional. Small groups and a clear safety habit sit behind every session, including the ones that stay on land.
The same skippers and instructors who know the reefs, caves and open water also teach in the harbour rooms, so examples come from real days on this coast. Kit is well maintained, the marine environment is treated as something to look after, and the team still enjoys sharing the Mediterranean. Private or tailored days are there when you want the boat and crew to yourselves.
Meet us at Carrer de la Marina 30, 07108 Port de Sóller. This is a classroom course at the harbour base. Allow time to park in town and walk to the meeting point before your 10:00 start.
No. Emergency First Responder is classroom training in emergency care. The five hours stay on land, practising the steps a lay rescuer can take when someone is hurt.
There are no dives and no pool work on this course. The whole session is designed around first response on land, with skills you can use in a street, a harbour or a hotel as easily as on a boat deck.
The course is five hours. That is enough time to learn the core steps, practise them and run a few scenarios without the day going stale.
Start times are offered daily at 10:00, subject to confirmation. The exact room plan is confirmed before the first morning.
No. The course is designed for lay rescuers: people with no medical job who still want a clear plan. Your instructor starts from the basics and builds each skill in order.
A willingness to practise and take the scenarios seriously is the real requirement. Say if a particular drill feels uncomfortable and we will work around it.
Simple, effective steps for emergency care: how to recognise a problem, how to help and how to stay useful until more help arrives. The aim is confidence to act, not a lecture on theory.
Skills are practised in the room. Your instructor repeats the awkward parts until they feel less foreign, then ties them to situations that actually happen around a harbour.
Successful completion earns the PADI Emergency First Responder certification. It is a first-aid qualification for lay rescuers, focused on the willingness and the steps to act.
Sign-off happens when your instructor is satisfied with the practised skills. Certification is issued through PADI once the course work is complete.
Classroom sessions meet at the harbour in Port de Sóller. The room is at the harbour base, a short walk from the waterfront, so the five hours stay in one easy place.
Allow time to park in town and walk down. This is not a boat morning, so swimwear is not required unless you want it for afterwards.
Comfortable clothes you can kneel and move in are best, because training happens on the floor as well as at a table. Avoid stiff shoes or anything you would rather not put on the ground.
Bring water and a snack for the middle of the five hours. A notebook is useful if you like to write the steps down in your own words after each drill.
Almost never. This is indoor training at the harbour base, so a messy sea or a grey sky does not stop the five hours.
If something else forces a change, we will say as early as possible and move the session rather than rush the skills on a broken morning.
Anyone who wants to be more useful in a medical emergency: travellers, parents and people who work around boats. It is written to increase a lay rescuer's willingness to act.
It is not a substitute for professional medical training. Your instructor will be clear about what a first responder can do and when to hand over.
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À propos du centre
Port de Sóller
For more than thirty years we have welcomed divers and ocean lovers to the northwest coast of Mallorca from our base beside the harbour in Port de Sóller. As a five-star PADI dive centre we run daily boat trips, guided dives, snorkelling excursions and a full programme of courses for complete beginners through to professionals, with a strong focus on safety, small groups and looking after the marine environment.
Our skippers and instructors know the local reefs, caves and open-water sites intimately, and we also offer private charters and tailored VIP experiences when you want the boat and crew to yourselves. Whether you are earning your first certification, refreshing rusty skills or joining a family-friendly dolphin or snorkel tour, you will find warm hospitality, well-maintained equipment and a team that loves sharing the Mediterranean underwater world.
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