Dive SSI - Diver Stress and Rescue
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It is easier to respond to stress: ✔✔if it is detected early in the dive
If a demand overpowers your ability to maintain control over a situation: ✔✔Stress increases
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Dive SSI - Diver Stress and Rescue
Latest 2022
It is easier to respond to stress: ✔✔if it is detected early in the dive
If a demand overpowers your ability to maintain control over a situation: ✔✔Stress increases
One of the best arguments for using the buddy system is: ✔✔There will almost always be at least
one diver who maintains control and is able to lend aid in a stressful situation.
The first step in learning to logically respond to and control stress is: ✔✔Recognize the signs of
stress
You can understand how stress can develop into panic, and how to stop it, if you are aware of:
✔✔The common sequence of events that occurs prior to the onset of panic
Scuba diving is an activity that provides pleasure and enjoyment to the participant, therefore it is:
✔✔Not a challenge to be won or lost
Which factor determines whether stress is positive or negative? ✔✔All Answers are correct, Your
ability to anticipate the consequences, Your degree of control, Your personal choice
Stress is: ✔✔The result of pressures or demands that outweigh a person's ability or capacity to
respond to them.
Early warning signs of stress include: ✔✔Rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, muscle tension
The positive stress of diving can turn into negative stress: Right or wrong? ✔✔Right
If you are aware of the cycle of stress, you can beat it at any time by: ✔✔Simply stop, rest, assess
the causes, and take actions to alleviate them
Recognizing _____ is a significant step towards managing stress. ✔✔that no one is immune to
fear
Stress can be quite useful because: ✔✔It is a simple warning sign that will alert you to do
something
You can consciously recognize a new demand before it arises and respond to it fast. Right or
wrong? ✔✔Wrong
At what point is stress detectable by you or your buddy? ✔✔At any point, once it develops
Everyone's tolerance for stress is: ✔✔Different
What level of stress is considered to be healthy? ✔✔A consistently low level, because it keeps us
alert and warns us of danger.
It is the combinations of stressors that can threaten your control. Right or wrong? ✔✔Right
The sudden stimulus we feel when frightened, startled or threatened is called: ✔✔Fight-or-flight
syndrome
Panic is an overpowering fear caused by: ✔✔A real or imagined loss of control over a situation
Stress usually originates in divers because of: ✔✔Physical causes, psychological causes,
equipment problems, environmental conditions, or lack of skill.
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