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Category A Credits: ASM 24


  • NBDHMT:This live activity is approved for a maximum of 20* Category A credit hours by National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology, P.O. Box 758, Pelion, South Carolina 29123.  *Up to 10 Cat A credits for the in-person/live stream meeting and up to 10 Cat A credits for reviewing posters/quiz online at your leisure.  (Note: you will need to log in to the main UHMS website: www.uhms.org , and on the "My Account" tab, you will find the Poster review / quiz.). Not to exceed 20 total maximum Cat A credit hours.  
    • NBDHMT Accreditation Statement: For CHT recertification purposes, the NBDHMT requires a minimum of nine of the minimum 12 required Category A credits relate directly to any combination of hyperbaric operations, related technical aspects and chamber safety.

In-Person / Live Stream Credits (evaluation must be completed): up to 10 Cat A Credit hours.  (To access the evaluation, you will need to log in to the main UHMS website: www.uhms.org, the link will be on the "My Account" dropdown list.)

IN-PERSON/LIVE STREAM MEETING POSTER REVIEW / QUIZ

THURSDAY, JUNE 13 Room
8:00 8:30 Opening Ceremony / Welcome:  UHMS President: Pete Witucki, MD Grand Ballroom ABC
10:00 11:30 Plenary: International Panel: Diving Decompression an actual view: Costantino Balestra, Jack Kot, Jean-Pierre Imbert Grand Ballroom ABC
11:30 12:00 Posters: Session A1; A4-A6; B7-B8; E66-E67 Grand Ballroom D
  A4: Effective Decompression Sickness Diagnosis: Proof-of-concept Machine Learning Biomarker Selection and Predictive Modelling with Blood Transcriptome
Presenting Author: Daniel Landry, MD on behalf of Jing Zhang PhD
   
B8: Comparison of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Pressures for Radiation-Induced Hemorrhagic Cystitis
Presenting Author: Riggs Sanchez BA
       
  C35: Genomic Expression Patterns in Recreational Divers with Type 1 Decompression Sickness Prior to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
  Presenting Author: Daniel Landry, MD, CCFP, DRCPSC
       
  E66: Pseudoephedrine prophylaxis does not prevent middle ear barotrauma in hyperbaric oxygen therapy
  Presenting Author: Kinjal Sethuraman MD MPH
14:10 14:20 A2: Reduction of inflammatory mediators and neutrophil activation by hyperbaric oxygen in patients with decompression sickness or carbon monoxide poisoning: Stephen Thom, MD, PhD Grand ballroom ABC
14:20 14:30 A3: Pressure-related inflammatory responses of SCUBA divers and tunnel workers: Phi-Nga Jeannie Le, MD Grand ballroom ABC
14:30 15:00 Plenary: UHM Fellows: Top Articles in Hyperbaric Medicine: Emma Rogers, MD: UPenn Fellow Grand ballroom ABC
16:40 16:50 B8: Comparison of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Pressures for Radiation-Induced Hemorrhagic Cystitis: Riggs Sanchez, BA Grand ballroom ABC
17:00 17:30 Posters: Session B10 - B25; B27 - B33 Grand Ballroom D
  B15: Frequency of Urgent Consults for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Presenting Author: Kinjal N Sethuraman, MD, MPH
 
B25: A Systematic Review of Iatrogenic Air Gas Embolisms
Presenting Author: Benito Pascua, MD   
 
B29: Reducing incidence of PE tube placement
Presenting Author: Jennifer Wright, CHRN, BSN
 
B30: Assessment of Prevention of Middle Ear Barotrauma in Clinical Hyperbaric Facilities
Presenting Author: Jayesh B. Shah, MD
 
B31: A Physiological Model for DCS Presentations
Presenting Author: Michael B. Strauss MD
 
B33: Text Alert Notifications and Care Process Model Used to Increase Hyperbaric Consultation Rate for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Presenting Author: Marc Robins, DO, MPH
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
9:00 10:00 Plenary: Principles of isobaric counter diffusion to prevent DCS: Richard Moon, MD Grand Ballroom ABC
10:30 10:40 C34: First-in-human imaging of venous gas emboli using a capacitive micromachined transducer toward an underwater wearable ultrasound for personalized decompression: Virginie Papadopoulou, PhD Grand Ballroom ABC
10:40 10:50 C108: Innate immune cell responses from elevated pressures and dissolved gases using human lung-on-a-chip devices: Abigail Harrell Grand Ballroom ABC
10:50 11:00 C36: Decompression stops at three instead of six meters of sea water could reduce the risk of decompression sickness: Oscar Plogmark, MD Grand Ballroom ABC
11:30 12:00 Posters: Session C34 - C39 Grand Ballroom D
  C34: First-in-human imaging of venous gas emboli using a capacitive micromachined transducer toward an underwater wearable ultrasound for personalized decompression
Presenting Author: Virginie Papadopoulou, PhD
 
C36: Decompression stops at three instead of six meters of sea water could reduce the risk of decompression sickness
Presenting Author: Oscar Plogmark,MD
 
C38: Decompression Gas Bubble Dynamics in the Spinal Cord of Live Rats
Presenting Author: Jens-Christian Meiners
 
C39: Midpoint assessment: A prospective trial on intra- and inter-subject variability in venous gas emboli and other biomarkers after repeated dives.
Presenting Author: Joshua Currens, BS
 
C108: Innate Immune Cell Responses from Elevated Pressures and Dissolved Gases using Human Lung-on-a-chip Devices
Presenting Author: Abigail Harrell
15:00 15:10 D40: Effect of BHB level and Gender on Latency to CNSOT: Bruce J. Derrick, MD Grand Ballroom ABC
15:20 15:30 D42: Dive profiles and DCS rate among seafood harvesters in British Columbia Canada: Sherri Ferguson, MSc Grand Ballroom ABC
16:00 16:30 Plenary: UHM Fellows:  Top articles in Undersea Medicine: Thomas Gregory, MD: Duke Fellow Grand Ballroom ABC
17:00 17:30 Posters: Session D40 - D57 & D59 Grand Ballroom D
  D40: Effect of BHB level and Gender on Latency to CNSOT
Presenting Author: Bruce J. Derrick, MD
 
D42: Dive profiles and DCS rate among seafood harvesters in British Columbia Canada
Presenting Author: Sherri Ferguson MSc.
 
D45: Cutaneous Decompression Sickness in Cozumel
Presenting Author: Montserrat May Araujo MD
 
D48: Selection of Pre-Dive Ketone Regimen to Evaluate Impact of Short-Term Ketosis on Latency to CNS O2 Toxicity in Working Divers (KETOX 2)
Presenting Author: Kreager Taber, BA
 
D49: New methods for head out water immersion in freely behaving rats to study CNS oxygen toxicity
Presenting Author: Courtney Wheelock, PHD
 
D53: Recovery from pulmonary oxygen toxicity: a new (ESOT) model
Presenting Author: Jan Risberg, MD, PhD
 
D54: Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Cases of Decompression Sickness with Delay to Evaluation
Presenting Author: Thomas J. Gregory, MD
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
8:00 9:00 Davis Keynote: Non-compliant chambers: Individual liability, and a threat to our industry: Francois Burman, Pr Eng, BSc (Eng), MSc Grand Ballroom ABC
10:30 11:00 Plenary: Shortage of 24/7 Facilities: Jim Chimiak, MD Grand Ballroom ABC
11:00 11:15 Plenary: Mass CO poisoning: Geness Koumandakis, CHT Grand Ballroom ABC
11:15 12:15 Plenary: DCI treatment debate: Shorter oxygen exposures vs US Navy treatment tables: TBD (Pros) & Richard Moon, MD (Cons) Grand Ballroom ABC
12:15 13:00 Plenary: Tech's going off the reservation: Upholding the CHT Code of Conduct: Grand Ballroom ABC
14:00 14:30 Plenary: Session E: Monoplace hyperbaric chamber, equipment for treating critically ill patients: Lin Weaver, MD Grand Ballroom ABC
14:40 14:50 E61-62: Continuous blood glucose monitor performance in a 100% hyperbaric oxygen environment & Continuous blood glucose monitors and safety in the hyperbaric environment: Enoch Huang, MD & Jacquline Hocking, CHT Grand Ballroom ABC
14:50 15:00 E63: 3D Printed IV Pass Through for Monoplace Hyperbaric Chambers: Jeffrey Cooper, MD Grand Ballroom ABC
15:00 15:30 Posters: Session E60-E65, E68, E70-E72; F73-F74; F76-F83 Grand Ballroom ABC
  E61: Continuous blood glucose monitor performance in a 100% hyperbaric oxygen environment
Presenting Author: Enoch Huang, MD
 
E62: Continuous blood glucose monitors and safety in the hyperbaric environment
Presenting Author: Jacquline Hocking, CHT
 
E63: 3D Printed IV Pass Through for Monoplace Hyperbaric Chambers
Presenting Author: Erin Etoll-Jones, MD; Jeffrey Cooper, MD
 
E64: Delivering Hyperbaric Oxygen in the COVID-19 Era: The effect of eliminating air breaks on incidence of oxygen toxicity seizure
Presenting Author: Abigail Winn MD
 
E70: POCUS in the Multiplace Chamber
Presenting Author: Christian Repollet Otero
 
E72: Operational and patient characteristics of a new, hospital-based hyperbaric facility
Presenting Author: Troy Madsen, MD
   
F78: A Case Series of 5 Patients with pneumothorax successfully treated with HBO without tube thoracostomy
Presenting Author: Abigail Winn MD
 
F79: Cold Urticaria Preventing Clearance For Scientific Diving
Presenting Author: Dan Popa, MD PhD
 
F80: A mysterious CAGE and the man inside
Presenting Author: Natalie Ouellette BSc MD
 
F81: Respiratory Decompensation during Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in a patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis
Presenting Author: Christopher Allen, MD
 
F83: Position change during hyperbaric oxygen therapy for arterial gas embolism
Presenting Author: Naoto Jingami, MD, PhD
16:30 17:00 Posters: Session F: 84 - F107 Grand Ballroom D
  F85: Fulminant decompression illness in a recreational diver without significant omitted decompression.
Presenting Author: Laura M. Lauer, DO
 
F101: Safety of delivering Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy in a patient with Lung transplant: a case report
Presenting Author: Jayanth Adusumalli MBBS, MPH
 
F104: Alcohol intoxication vs decompression sickness
Presenting Author: Christopher Leiker, M.D.
 
F105: Patient Suffering Guillain Barré Syndrome Mimicking Neurological Decompression Syndrome
Presenting Author: Richard Fontanez, Pedro