To evaluate the efficacy of using a pre-dive checklist to prevent the incidence of diving mishaps in recreational divers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
1,116
The pre-dive checklist included a checklist of tasks to be undertaken before the dive, a dive-plan that asked the diver to plan the depth, and amount of gas kept at different levels of diving, and 4 dive tips.
Aquatic Safaris
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Sunset House
George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Aldora Divers
San Miguel de Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Sand Dollar Sports
San Miguel de Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Mishaps
Mishaps were reported by scuba divers themselves, at the end of their diving day (the day they were enrolled). Mishaps are precursors of injuries. Injuries are less common outcomes (in fact, nobody got injured), hence we used mishaps - which allowed us to test the efficacy of pre-dive checklists, and do so with limited resources.
Time frame: One day
Major mishaps
Major mishaps are a type of mishaps
Time frame: One day
Minor Mishaps
Minor mishaps are a type of mishaps
Time frame: One day
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