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    Human Factor

    Decision-making in crisis situations during diving.

    Ondřej Franěk on stress, the buddy team, first aid and a rescuer’s perspective on diving accidents.

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    When
    18 January 2027
    Start
    18:30
    Presented by
    Ondřej Franěk
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    DIVERS EXPERIENCES

    When seconds matter.

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    THIS IS HOW WE'LL ENJOY IT

    A paramedic's perspective.

    Stress and decision-making

    When diving, it is often not just what we know that matters, but above all how we are able to behave at the moment when something goes wrong. Stress, fear, disorientation or pressure to make a quick decision can significantly affect our actions underwater as well as our ability to properly assess the situation. The human factor is behind a number of diving accidents – and sometimes it can determine the outcome within a matter of seconds.

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    Buddy team and first aid

    The lecture will focus on psychology and decision-making in crisis situations, the functioning of the buddy team and how to respond correctly in a diving accident. We will also look at first aid for diving accidents and at thermal conditions that can endanger divers before a dive, during it and after surfacing.

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    Intervention through the eyes of a rescuer

    There will also be a rescuer’s perspective, coming to the incident only at the point when action is already needed. You will learn what a rescuer may need to know, how an intervention with a diver takes place, and why the correct response by the diver or their buddy can be crucial to how the whole situation develops.

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    YOU WILL BE GUIDED THROUGH THE EVENING BY

    Ondřej Franěk

    Ondřej Franěk is an emergency physician. In his free time, he enjoys flying and diving, in which he holds a Technical Cave Diver qualification. He studies human factors in critical situations both professionally and as a personal interest, and is a registered instructor in human performance in aviation.

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    Stories under one vault
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    Self-service bar
    Discussion at the shared table in the U Žrakoně club room
    At the shared table
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    A little longer together
    Photographs and memories of joint diving trips
    Memories from travels

    VENUE / PRAGUE–DEJVICE

    An evening among our own.
    U Žrakoně.

    Under the brick vault of our Dejvice club room, we gather over travel stories, photographs and a shared table.

    After the last slide, you do not have to hurry home. Stay for a chat, ask questions and share your own diving experiences.

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    Where we will meet

    Divers in Dejvice – Čs. armády 13, 160 00 Prague 6

    Please arrive by public transport or on foot if at all possible

    The lecture will take place in our new premises of the U Žrakoně club room

    Refreshments

    You can also look forward to light refreshments, coffee and tea

    There is also a self-service bar on site.

    DATE, PRICE AND REGISTRATION

    Understand decision-making under pressure.

    Date and price

    Monday 18/1/2027 at 18:30.

    249 CZK

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