Approved Courses for Doctors

The Australian and New Zealand Hyperbaric Medicine Group 2021

Introductory Course in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Dates: 15-26 February 2021

Venue: Hougoumont Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia

Cost: AUD2,600 (inclusive of GST) for two weeks

The course content includes:

  • History of diving medicine and hyperbaric oxygen treatment
  • Physics and physiology of diving and compressed gases
  • Presentation, diagnosis and management of diving injuries
  • Assessment of fitness to dive
  • Visit to RFDS base for flying and diving workshop
  • Accepted indications for hyperbaric oxygen treatment
  • Hyperbaric oxygen evidence based medicine
  • Wound management and transcutaneous oximetry
  • In water rescue and management of a seriously ill diver
  • Visit to HMAS Stirling
  • Practical workshops
  • Marine Envenomation

Contact for information:

Sue Conlon, Course Administrator
Phone:+61-(0)8-6152-5222
Fax:+61-(0)8-6152-4943
E-mail: fsh.hyperbaric@health.wa.gov.au

Accommodation information can be provided on request.

Royal Australian Navy Medical Officers’ Underwater Medicine Course 2020

Date: Due to Covid travel restrictions we are planning on running a modified course (19–30 October 2020) for candidates in the NSW area.

Venue: HMAS Penguin, Sydney

The MOUM course seeks to provide the medical practitioner with an understanding of the range of potential medical problems faced by divers.  Emphasis is placed on the contra­indications to diving and the diving medical assessment, together with the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of common diving-­related illnesses. The course includes scenario­-based simulation focusing on the management of diving emergencies and workshops covering the key components of the diving medical.

Cost: The course cost remains at AUD$1,355 (ex GST) but may increase to AUD$2,600 (ex GST).

For information and application forms contact:
Rajeev Karekar, for Officer in Charge,
Submarine and Underwater Medicine Unit
HMAS Penguin
Middle Head Rd, Mosman
NSW 2088, Australia
Phone: +61 ­(0)2-­9647-5572
Fax: +61­-(0)2­-9647-511
E-­mail: Rajeev.Karekar@defence.gov.au