UHMS Pacific Chapter Annual Meeting

September 12-13, 2008

Wyndham Palm Springs, CA

 

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SCHEDULE

 

 

Thursday, Sept. 11

 

12:00-14:00             NBDHMT CHT/CHRN exam study hall - Rob Sheffield, CHT

14:30-20:30             Pre-course: Care of Hyperbaric Chamber Acrylic - International ATMO

15:00-17:00             NBDHMT CHT/CHRN exam

 

 

Friday, Sept. 12

 

07:00-08:00             Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits

08:00-08:15             Welcome/Opening Remarks - Dick Sample

08:15-09:00             Drugs Under Pressure - Steven Kirtland, MD                          

09:00-09:45             Cardiac Manifestations of CO Poisoning - James Holm, MD

09:45-10:15             HBO2 Enhancement of Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumors - Ben Slade, MD

10:15-10:45             Break/Exhibits

10:45-11:15             Decision Process for Hyperbaric Wound Dressings - Rob Sheffield, CHT 

11:15-12:15             HBOT Complications and Myth Busters - Dick Sample, RCP, RRT, CHT

12:15-13:15             Lunch

13:15-14:15             Vascular Diagnostic Testing - Wayne Zhang, MD

14:15-15:15             Cerebral Perfusion/Edema - John Zhang, MD

15:15-15:45             Break/Exhibits

                Book signing: "Hyperbaric Oxygen for Neurological Disorders”, by John Zhang, MD

15:45-16:45             Radiation Tissue Injury and HBO2: Is There any Evidence? - Neil Hampson, MD

16:45-17:15             UHMS Accreditation Safety Lessons Learned - Tom Workman, MS, CAsP, CHT, FAsMA

19:00-21:30             Banquet

 

 

Saturday, Sept. 13

 

07:00-08:00             Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits

08:00-08:05             Welcome/Opening Remarks - Dick Sample

08:05-08:45             Hazardous Marine Life - Stuart Miller, MD

08:45-09:30             Seafood Poisonings - Matt Berry, MD

09:30-10:15             Medical Aspects of Dive Travel - Tabby Stone, MD

10:15-10:45             Break/Exhibits

10:45-11:30             Mammalian Adaptations to Diving: Respiratory System - Michael Strauss, MD

11:30-12:15             Ear & Sinus Barotrauma - Lorre Henderson, OD, MD

12:15-13:15             Lunch/Exhibits

13:15-14:15             Technical Diving: the State of the Art, the Edge of the Envelope - Dick Vann, PhD

14:15-15:15             NOAA update - Stephen Katz, PhD

15:15-15:45             Break/Exhibits

15:45-16:30             The Catalina Surge:2008 Diving Accidents at USC Catalina Chamber - Karl 
                                          Huggins, MS    

16:30-17:00             History of the CHT from Dive Boat to Hospital - Kevan Corson, CHT

 

 

Sunday, Sept. 14

 

08:00-12:00             Post-course: Fire Safety in the Hyperbaric Environment - OxyHeal

08:00-17:00             Post-course: Preparing for UHMS Accreditation - Tom Workman, MS, CAsP, CHT