8) Managing Risk

Question 1

Staying current regarding the causes of dive incidents and injuries helps you reduce risk by avoiding similar incidents? T/F

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Is it more or less difficult to provide aid to someone who has a heart attack triggered while diving?

Answer 2

More difficult

Question 3

Cardiovascular disease and poor health or fitness only causes a small portion of diver deaths? T/F

Answer 3

False - more than half

Question 4

Apart from medically caused incidents, what appears to be the primary cause or contributor to diver fatalities?

Examples

Answer 4

Failure to follow accepted safe diving practices

Buddy system violation 
Improper gas supply management and response
Weighting and buoyancy issues
Omitted predive checks
Exceeding limits
Inactivity
Poor judgement

Question 5

What emphasis and reminders about accepted safe diving practices may help avoid incidents?

Answer 5

Maintain fitness

Keep your buddy team together

Plan and check your gas use

Dive properly weighted

Perform predive checks before every dive

Stay within training limits

Use good judgement

Promote culture where safe diving practices are expected, encouraged, and praised

Question 6

Cardiovascular disease and poor fitness as well as diver behavior are the leading causes or contributors to dive incidents? T/F

Answer 6

True

Question 7

If you fail to follow the PADI Code of Conduct and training standards they won’t impact defending a suit if it didn’t impact the incident? T/F

Answer 7

False - it can complicate defending a suit

Question 8

Why bother with forms, records, files and other documentation?

Answer 8

They document you are meeting your duty of care by following standards and the PADI system and by informing participants of the risks.

1) documents professional conduct
2) document diver acceptance of risk
3) discloses your non-agent status
4) informs divers of risks

Question 9

What are three key forms?

Answer 9

PADI Release if Liability/Assumption of Risk/Non-Agency Acknowledgment Form

PADI Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding

PADI Medical Statement

Question 10

It’s okay to interpret the meaning in a form or guide the participant when providing a translation or explain the release language? T/F

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Is gross negligence (intentionally deviating from duty of care) waived if someone completes the PADI Release of Liability/Assumption of Risk/Non-Agency Acknowledgment Forms? Y/N

Answer 11

No

Question 12

It’s okay if a participant alters or edits a form? Y/N

Answer 12

No

Question 13

Can someone sign the forms on a dive boat or should they do it beforehand?

Answer 13

Beforehand under circumstances in which they can end the experience

Question 14

The _____ ______ ______ Statement of Understanding ensures that participants are aware of their responsibilities and documents their acknowledgment of these responsibilities.

Answer 14

Safe Diving Practices

Question 15

The _______ _______ informs participants that there are medically related diving risks

Answer 15

Medical Statement

Question 16

You should discuss a participants medical history with them? Y/N

Answer 16

No, refer them to their physician for advice

Question 17

Can participants who are doctors sign their own medical statements? Y/N

Answer 17

No

Question 18

You don’t need medical clearance from a doctor if you answer no to everything? Y/N

Answer 18

Depends, some local law requires all participants to get medical clearance from a doctor

Question 19

Can a student change or redo the medical statement form? Y/N

Can you ignore absurd answers? Y/N

Answer 19

No - tell students to read closely and provide accurate answers

Yes

Question 20

If a student provides a signed medical statement but you still have concerns you have to accept them? T/F

If they answer no to all the questions can you still require them to get medical clearance? Y/N

Answer 20

False

Yes

Question 21

After going over knowledge reviews and quizzes and exams and providing remediation paper knowledge reviews may be handled by keeping the original, a copy, or a record that documents completion signing and remediation. T/F

Should participants sign and date and initial corrections? Y/N

Answer 21

True

Yes

Question 22

You don’t need to sigma student’s log book after a training dive. T/F

Answer 22

False - standards require it

Question 23

Standards require you keep required documentation ____ years

Answer 23

7

Question 24

Who is required to keep documentation not maintained in PADI’s digital records or eLearning?

Answer 24

You (or dive operation for team teaching)

Question 25

If a student answers yes to a question on the medial statement they are disqualified from diving? T/F

Answer 25

False

Question 26

First and foremost if involved in a diving incident apply good judgment to provide the best aid possible? T/F

Answer 26

True

Question 27

What else should you do if there is an incident?

Answer 27

1) Record info of witnesses and involved parties, note environmental conditions, etc, list any sources of video or photos
2) Leave gear intact and have another person check the equipment status
3) Answer questions from authorities the best you can
4) Show compassion but don’t say you’re sorry as it suggests you are responsible
5) File a PADI incident form

Question 28

You should speculate or guess in reporting an incident? T/F

Answer 28

False

Question 29

You aren’t required to submit an Incident Report to your PADI Regional Headquarters if you just witness an incident but aren’t involved? T/F

Answer 29

False

Question 30

It’s okay to discuss an incident on social media? T/F

Should you tell the PADI regional headquarters about online discussions of an incident? Y/N

Answer 30

False

Yes

Question 31

You are not required to provide a statement to the media about a dive incident? T/F

Answer 31

True

Question 32

It won’t effect your students if you don’t take care of yourself. T/F why?

Answer 32

False - may put students at great risk, to take care of others you must be in reasonable shape yourself.

Question 33

What does doing the following things help you as a dive professional?

1) Taking care of yourself physically
2) not diving when I’ll or unfit
3) following safe practices and diving conservatively
4) continue education and training
5) protect yourself financially

Answer 33

Reduce and manage your risk

Question 34

Who could be effected by something hurting your health or well being while diving?

You
Your family
Your student divers
Your friends

Answer 34

All of the above

Question 35

The PADI Member Code of Practice describes the ethical and professional behaviors and standard of care expected of a PADI member? T/F

Answer 35

True