The Australian and New Zealand Hyperbaric Medicine Group 2022
Introductory Course in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
Dates: 13 - 24 June 2022
Venue: Hougoumont Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia
Cost: AUD2,700 (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:
Sam Ovens, Course Administrator Phone:+61-(0)8-6152-5222 Fax:+61-(0)8-6152-4943 E-mail: fsh.hyperbaric@health.wa.gov.auAccommodation information can be provided on request.
Royal Australian Navy Medical Officers’ Underwater Medicine Course 2021
Date: 17 – 28 October 2022 and 13 – 24 March 2023
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 (excl 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