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With a membrane drysuit (no insulation capabilities) there is the problem of
flooding the suit and a resulting 
catastrophic heat loss. Depending on the material of the suit and the diving
environment this is not an extremly unprobable situation.
Two month ago I ripped my suit during a dive and it took two minutes till I
could 'enjoy' water only few grades above the freezing point
up to my hips. Diving well in the no-decompression limits during that dive and
being not far away from the shore it was 
just an 'unpleasant experience', but on a dive with 1 or more hours decotime
this might be lifethreatening.

What are you doing in such a situation or what are you doing to prevent it?

One possible underwater dry-suit repair could eventually be done by applying
tape (something like insulating tape used in
electrical applications) on the damaged area of the suit. 
Do you know if there is tape which can be used in an underwater environment?

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