Second Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Oct. 21 – 22
Uniquely Canadian: A National Perspective
Our program is complete. The full document for both days can be seen here.CCUHMS 2011 Program. There will be an opportunity for posters and poster presentations as well.
We are eligible for CME credit.
If you wish to receive credit, please complete this .CME evaluation form and use the Contact Us Form (click here) to get an email address for submission. The form is also available when you arrive at the symposium.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and Worksafe BC. The UHMS is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All faculty members and planners participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by (name of responsible organization) are expected to disclose to the participants any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. Full disclosure of faculty and planner relevant financial relationships will be made at the activity.
If you have any questions about the program, contact Sherri Ferguson. Use the Contact Us Form (click here).
Friday – Hyperbaric medicine
We have a draft program that includes in the morning session:
Wounds
Wounds
- Wound care in British Columbia
Wound assessment and care and the role of hyperbaric oxygen
Diabetic and other foot ulcers
TCOM: Practical use and interpretation
Wounds in patients with compromised healing potential and immune system
Complications / standards / accreditation
- Standards of practice in Canadian hyperbaric medicine
UHMS accreditation program for clinical hyperbaric facilities
Accreditation of Canadian hyperbaric treatment facilities
Discussion & questions
Lunch is included
And the afternoon session has planning for
Meetings
Meetings
- Associates section meeting
Annual members meeting & awards
Physician credentials / economics
- Discussion & presentation
Case reports and discussions / HBOT fitness
- Case presentations and discussions from across Canada
Staff and patient fitness for hyperbaric exposure
Complications / Training / Controversies
- Long lasting influence of HBOT on cardiovascular parameters among patients
Use of simulation in hyperbaric medicine services
Traumatic brain injury and HBOT
Discussion
Banquet at the Richmond Winter Club (semi formal dress)
Saturday – Diving and diving medicine
Our draft program has for the morning session:
Diving and pressure-related disorders
Diving and pressure-related disorders
- Decompression illness update
Arterial gas embolism (diving and other causes)
Non-pulmonary barotrauma
Altitude decompression sickness and acute mountain sickness
Decompression illness in tunnelling and caisson work
Specialized diving & diving research
- A blood test for decompression illness?
Aquaculture diving
A new class of interconnected decompression models
Breathing difficulty in divers: Immersion pulmonary edema
Dive travel
Lunch is included
And the afternoon session has planning for
Diving accidents, safety & hyperbaric chambers
Diving accidents, safety & hyperbaric chambers
- Review of Diving Accidents in British Columbia
Design and construction of the Vancouver hyperbaric chamber facility
Diving accidents in detail: case reports
Monoplace & duoplace chambers for decompression illness
Dive medicals and who should perform them
Controversies in diving medicine
- The ageing diver
Special fitness to dive considerations
Ask the experts / myths of diving panel
Hyperbaric chamber tours
Decompression Stop
Logistics & Program of our symposium
We are eligible for CME credits
Sponsors
