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

Dates: 19–30 October 2020 (these dates are yet to be confirmed)

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: AUD1,355 without accommodation (TBC with accommodation and meals at HMAS Penguin)

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