Some time back I recall reading in one of the forums on ScubaBoard about suggestions from an actual Search & Rescue pilot for emergency paperwork to have with you, and to leave behind with a dive-coordinator (shop owner, boat captain, etc) in the event of some anomaly while diving (don't surface near the boat, exit the beach at a different location, or an actual medical emergency where you are incapacitated, etc.).
Such documents might include basic emergency-contact information, non-diver contact info, copies of passports/driver's license, name of hotel/resort, list of emergency equipment you are carrying (mirror, whistle, radios, etc), and so on...
I did this for awhile, then accidentally left all my nicely laminated pages at a resort in Mexico last year. Fortunately, I was provided with proof that the operator shredded those documents after I left (for which I was grateful), but I never made a new set for future dives. Which leads me to my questions:
I'm wondering how many divers do this.
What papers/documents/instructions, exactly, do you carry (or provide to a dive operator)?
Thanks,
Jeff
Such documents might include basic emergency-contact information, non-diver contact info, copies of passports/driver's license, name of hotel/resort, list of emergency equipment you are carrying (mirror, whistle, radios, etc), and so on...
I did this for awhile, then accidentally left all my nicely laminated pages at a resort in Mexico last year. Fortunately, I was provided with proof that the operator shredded those documents after I left (for which I was grateful), but I never made a new set for future dives. Which leads me to my questions:
I'm wondering how many divers do this.
What papers/documents/instructions, exactly, do you carry (or provide to a dive operator)?
Thanks,
Jeff