Quote: (Originally Posted by Mdemon)
Richard, can I suggest a modification or two?
Could you add a bit, or better yet a separate form, to deal with actual injury? I'm thinking of DCS mainly but there is no reason why other injuries (hypothermia, puncture wounds etc) couldn't be covered. You already have suitable forms being a doc, all I would add is something I've alluded to in another thread; a section allowing the choice of which dive tables or computer was used.
Then we will start to get statistics on which tables/computers have been used or misused and for what depths and types of diver. It maybe that some tables are more appropriate for CCR than others for example. We don't know currently either way.
Hi there and many thanks for the suggestions.
The DIMS really looks at processes rather than results in other words why did something happen, not so much what was the outcome. By identifying why things go wrong, we can try and make recommendations to prevent them. This is why I am interested in reports that say stuff like "I forgot to turn on my O2 on the KISS but noticed my handset read 0.23 just in time". No injury occured but it was a near miss. If I get 20 reports like this, then you could discuss strategies in training, alarms, design which might get around this...preferably before someone actually dies. So the actual injury or lack of it is of less importance to me.
Regarding the use of specific table/computers etc and the incidence of DCI, I guess DAN's Project Dive Exploration (PDE) is doing just that and their massive database is not something I wish to duplicate. Also I think Dr Andrew Fock in Melbourne Australia has been looking at something along these lines for tech/CCR diving.
Getting plenty of reports in thanks everyone...keep them coming!