DCI Questionnaire

[JillHeinerth]

I'm working on an article for DIVER Magazine about DCI hits. If you are willing to answer a few questions, please email your response to:
JillHeinerth@mac.com

Thanks!

Please let me know if you wish to be anonymous or if you would not mind sharing your name with a quote:

IF YOU HAVE BEEN BENT ANSWER THIS:

Have you been bent?

How many times do you think you have been bent?

How many times did you seek treatment?

Did you use DAN insurance?

Do you consider your incident to be minor or major?

Do you think there was a root cause for your DCI hit? If yes, what do you think was the underlying cause?

Do you think your hit was a sport?s injury?

After your hit, did you return to the same level of diving as prior to the incident?

After getting bent, were you able to look back on your diving career and see other times when you might have been close to bent or bent and did not seek treatment?

How many times do you think you might have been bent?

Did you feel social pressures to hide your incident?

Did you experience any negative feedback from the internet or other sources after getting bent?

Please share any personal anecdotes that might be important to our readers.


IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN BENT:

Do you think DCI is a sport?s injury?

Do you think that people who have been bent did something to deserve their hit?

Why do you think that people get DCI?

Would you dive with someone who has been bent several times?
Why or why not?

Do you think that your diving practices will protect you from getting bent?


If you are willing to share your name, please indicate how you would like it to be referenced.

[gschaut]

Done

[DiveMonkey]

Sent

[cavewoman]

Sent with a little anecdote about my experience with PFO.

[MORGAN]

Sent.

[cavedivingwoman]

sent, and link shared.