Log Books- Is Yours Up To Date?

[seaangel]

Yes, my log book is up to date and current. I have logged 42 dives since my OW certification last May. I have looked upon this as the same requirements as my making a nursing progress note.
We are all taught if it is not documented it didn't happen. Needless to say I don't want the time and money I have put into this to not have happened.

 

[bgonderi]

Yup - 100% current at this point. Since we have to travel to dive, my wife and I don't get in hundreds of dives a year, so it hasn't been a big burden. I am looking forward to being able to go back through my log and relive some of the dives later on.

 

[Compressor]

I log all of mine. Over 600 now. You can gain alot of valuable infor from a good log book. Now its all on my MAC.

 

[davidofaustin]

Yep, I put it off, and it probly wont be long before I get caught. I log all of my dives (other than pool) but unless something unusual or extra fun, or BAD happens, I just take the primary info from the computer - make a note on weight and wetsuit . I tend to go a couple of days before logging (busy season) and it may be a month in winter.
I really believe in logging though, so I need to get out of the habit of letting the computer keep the dive record.
(Most Doctors dont have time, or know how, to scroll through your computer, for depth , times, etc. If they have the paper log, they can at least get a worst case scenario.)

Log em~

Dave

 

[solodiver]

I log every dive except pools sessions.. try and log all details of dive equipment used and feelings about the dive. I do a lot of solo diving and I even log them...

 

[PA/NJdiver]

I log all of my dives, but I have changed the information that I log. I log the equipment I wore, how I felt about things, what skills I practiced during the dive, and what I should try differently the next time. In fact, I was just reviewing my log books last week and it was interesting to see the differences from when I first started diving until now and the growth and improvement that has taken place.

Stacey

 

[Uncle Pug]

Originally posted by seaangel
We are all taught if it is not documented it didn't happen.

Yup...that's my story and I 'm stickin' to it....

 

[seaangel]

I need to change my quote somewhat. I have been taught that if there is no documentation then it was not done. This would be to legally cover us that a procedure was done, or that a medication was given. It also covers us the same in diving, if we need to track a profile then the doctors will know what we did. No matter how trivial or small it could save alot of grief. Now with that said, I have never been one to keep a journal or diary, always give up on them. My dive logbook, however, I am faithful to writing in it after each dive.

 

[Uncle Pug]

Originally posted by seaangel
I need to change my quote somewhat. I have been taught that if there is no documentation then it was not done.

It's cool...
Good quote...
Documentation!...
I used to be an EMT so...
I knew what you meant Cindy...
But I still deny that anything happened...
And I don't have the paper work to prove it...
Same legal principle coming from a different direction!


Sorry... just having a Pug moment...

 

[ScubyDoo]

I have logged all my dives.....all four of them :big grin:

The only dives I have done so far are my four OW cert dives. I was/am so excited about them that I filled in as much of the information as I could before I even made the dives. I was chomping at the bit to fill in those log pages. Im an architect and architects like recording data.

It may be like a new car.....maybe the excitement will wear off after a few years, but I hope it doesnt.

I also have Suunto's Dive Manager software and a Suunto Cobra computer, but didnt use it on my cert dives. I manually entered all the data into the dive manager verbatim from my log book....comments and all.

Someone mentioned before about a computer providing a link to important dive data should a accident occur which results in a fatality. I was just reading some of the fatal case studies issued by DAN a couple of days ago, and several of thier case studies were based on the data provided by the dive computers.

My plan is to log ALL my dives except pool dives......not because I dont want to log pool dives, but because I would be embarrassed for someone to read them.