Scuba Diving Decompression Incident Report

Document Decompression Sickness Incidents with Precision

Decompression sickness (DCS) is a serious diving emergency that requires immediate medical attention and thorough documentation. This Scuba Diving Decompression Incident Report template helps dive operators, instructors, resorts, and safety officers create a detailed record of DCS incidents, capturing critical dive profile data, symptoms, treatment protocols, and hyperbaric chamber coordination—all in one streamlined form.

Why Dive Operators and Safety Teams Choose Paperform

When a decompression incident occurs, time is of the essence. This template captures everything from pre-dive conditions and dive computer logs to symptom onset and emergency response actions. Built for dive centers, liveaboards, training agencies, and medical diving professionals, it ensures you have a complete audit trail for insurance claims, safety investigations, and continuous improvement of diving protocols.

With Paperform's conditional logic, sections adapt based on injury severity and treatment pathways—showing hyperbaric treatment fields only when relevant, and routing urgent cases differently from minor symptoms. The doc-style editor lets you customize fields for your specific operation, whether you're a PADI dive center in the Caribbean or a technical diving outfit in the Indo-Pacific.

Automate Follow-Up and Treatment Coordination

Turn incident reports into action with Stepper (stepper.io). When a report is submitted, automatically notify emergency contacts, alert hyperbaric chamber facilities, create a case file in your dive management system, and schedule follow-up assessments. Route serious incidents to your dive safety officer and insurance provider instantly, keeping everyone informed without manual email chains.

For dive operations that need signed acknowledgments or waivers post-incident, Papersign (papersign.com) lets you send liability releases or treatment consent forms for eSignature directly from the incident record, maintaining a complete paper trail for legal and medical purposes.

Trusted by Dive Professionals Worldwide

Whether you're managing a busy resort dive center, coordinating safety for a technical dive expedition, or overseeing training operations across multiple locations, this template gives you the structure, flexibility, and compliance foundation to document incidents professionally. With SOC 2 Type II compliance and GDPR readiness, your sensitive medical and incident data stays secure while remaining accessible to authorized personnel.