8) Managing Risk Flashcards
Staying current regarding the causes of dive incidents and injuries helps you reduce risk by avoiding similar incidents? T/F
True
Is it more or less difficult to provide aid to someone who has a heart attack triggered while diving?
More difficult
Cardiovascular disease and poor health or fitness only causes a small portion of diver deaths? T/F
False - more than half
Apart from medically caused incidents, what appears to be the primary cause or contributor to diver fatalities?
Examples
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
What emphasis and reminders about accepted safe diving practices may help avoid incidents?
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
Cardiovascular disease and poor fitness as well as diver behavior are the leading causes or contributors to dive incidents? T/F
True
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
False - it can complicate defending a suit
Why bother with forms, records, files and other documentation?
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
What are three key forms?
PADI Release if Liability/Assumption of Risk/Non-Agency Acknowledgment Form
PADI Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding
PADI Medical Statement
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
False
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
No
It’s okay if a participant alters or edits a form? Y/N
No
Can someone sign the forms on a dive boat or should they do it beforehand?
Beforehand under circumstances in which they can end the experience
The _____ ______ ______ Statement of Understanding ensures that participants are aware of their responsibilities and documents their acknowledgment of these responsibilities.
Safe Diving Practices
The _______ _______ informs participants that there are medically related diving risks
Medical Statement
You should discuss a participants medical history with them? Y/N
No, refer them to their physician for advice
Can participants who are doctors sign their own medical statements? Y/N
No
You don’t need medical clearance from a doctor if you answer no to everything? Y/N
Depends, some local law requires all participants to get medical clearance from a doctor
Can a student change or redo the medical statement form? Y/N
Can you ignore absurd answers? Y/N
No - tell students to read closely and provide accurate answers
Yes
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
False
Yes
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
True
Yes
You don’t need to sigma student’s log book after a training dive. T/F
False - standards require it
Standards require you keep required documentation ____ years
7
Who is required to keep documentation not maintained in PADI’s digital records or eLearning?
You (or dive operation for team teaching)
If a student answers yes to a question on the medial statement they are disqualified from diving? T/F
False
First and foremost if involved in a diving incident apply good judgment to provide the best aid possible? T/F
True
What else should you do if there is an incident?
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
You should speculate or guess in reporting an incident? T/F
False
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
False
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
False
Yes
You are not required to provide a statement to the media about a dive incident? T/F
True
It won’t effect your students if you don’t take care of yourself. T/F why?
False - may put students at great risk, to take care of others you must be in reasonable shape yourself.
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
Reduce and manage your risk
Who could be effected by something hurting your health or well being while diving?
You
Your family
Your student divers
Your friends
All of the above
The PADI Member Code of Practice describes the ethical and professional behaviors and standard of care expected of a PADI member? T/F
True
