I've been asked to forward this to people who might be interested....

Aloha,
Rich


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In-Water Recompression: A Symposium and Workshop

Sunday, May 24, 1998 - Memorial Day Weekend

Seattle Sheraton Hotel 

Registration: $125.00 
(Workshop Proceedings - $20.00)

For Info: Call Jane Dunne
UHMS Headquarters
(301) 942-2980, Ext. 102 

Introduction:

This interesting subject is now under scientific scrutiny. The Undersea 
and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) is hosting a symposium and workshop 
to be held in conjunction with the 1998 UHMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, 
Washington. This event is co-chaired by Dr. Merrill Spencer and Dr. 
Edmond Kay and is open to the public.  Internationally known experts in 
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine will address the issues of how and why a 
diver might accomplish In-Water Recompression (IWR).  A crucial question 
to be addressed is when the benefits of early recompression outweigh the 
risks of this inherently difficult and sometimes dangerous procedure.  
The workshop objectives are to provide the society and the diving 
community with guidelines for proper use including indications, triage, 
support, risks, benefits and contraindications to the use of IWR.  The 
workshop is dedicated to Dr. Ed Beckman and his pioneering work in IWR 
and early recompression.

To Register for the IWR Workshop visit our web site and print out a "Fax 
Pre-Registration Form".

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~ekay/IWR.html


Speakers & Topics:

7:30-8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast	 
8:00-8:15	Opening Remarks	Merrill Spencer, MD

- Morning Moderator: Edmond Kay, MD

8:15-9:00	Australian Origins of IWR: Carl Edmonds, MD
9:00-9:30	IWR, Hawaiian style: Frank Farm, MD

9:30-9:45	Coffee Break	 

9:45-10:15	USN/NOAA Methods: CDR James Chimiak
10:15-10:45	Neuropathology of DCS: John Hardman, MD
10:45-11:15	Body Heat Loss Under Water and Thermal Protection: Paul Webb, MD
11:15-12:00	Panel Discussion: Chair - Bill Hamilton, Ph.D

12:00-1:00	Lunch (formal) Dedication and award to Mrs. Beckman: Merrill 
Spencer, MD

- Afternoon Moderator	Caroline Fife, MD

1:00-1:30	CNS O2 Toxicity: Edward Thalmann, MD
1:30-2:15	Keeping Up with the Times: Applications of Technical Diving 
		Practices for IWR: Richard Pyle
2:15-2:45	Triage in remote areas	David  Youngblood, MD

2:45-3:00	Coffee and Cookies	 

3:00-3:30	In Water Recompression for Recreational Divers: Do the Benefits
		Ever Outweigh the Risks?: Richard Moon, MD
3:30-4:30	Panel Discussion: Chair - Bob Overlock, MD
4:30-4:45	Concluding Remarks: Edmond Kay, MD

6:00		Buses leave for Vancouver, BC	 


Faculty Credits:

CDR James Chimiak, MC, USN
Head, Special Operations and Hyperbaric Medicine Department
Naval Operational Medicine Institute
Board certified in Anesthesiology and Hyperbaric Medicine
Formerly, US Navy Helium-Oxygen Diving Officer 

Carl Edmonds, MB, BS (Sydney), MRCP (Lond), FRACP, FACOM,
DPM, MRCPsych, FRANZCP, DipDHM
Director, Diving Medical Centre, Sydney 1970-91
Formerly, Officer in Charge Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater
Medicine 1967-75
Past-President, South Pacific Underwater Medical Society 1970-75 

Frank Farm
Director, Hyperbaric Treatment Center,
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Twice selected "Diver of The Year", Hawaii Council of Dive Clubs
Recognized by the State of Hawaii, House of Representatives for
his marine and ocean related achievements with over 12,000 SCUBA
dives logged 

Caroline Fife, MD
Director, Hermann Center for Hyperbaric Medicine
Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center,
Houston 

R. W. Bill Hamilton, Ph.D.
President of Hamilton Research, Ltd.
Consultant and freelance physiologist 

John Hardman, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, John A. Burns School of 
Medicine at Manoa, and Program Director, Pathology Residency Program, 
University of Hawaii

Edmond Kay, MD, FAAFP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Washington.
Dive Physician, University of Washington, Diving Safety Program.
Medical Director, Divers Institute of Technology, Seattle, Washington.
Conference Co-Chair 

Richard E. Moon, MD, FRCP(C), FACP, FCCP
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Medical Director, Hyperbaric Center
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Medical Director, Divers Alert Network
Immediate Past President, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society

Robert Overlock, MD
Medical Director, Hyperbaric Treatment Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

Richard Pyle 
Works in the Ichthyology Collection of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, 
Hawaii, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Zoology at the University of
Hawaii. He has published over eighty scientific and popular articles on
coral reef fishes and advanced diving technology, including several
articles concerning In-Water Recompression. He has traveled throughout
the Indo-Pacific region on diving expeditions, and has extensive
experience using both open-circuit and closed-circuit mixed-gas scuba
technology.

Merrill Spencer, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
Founder and Medical Director, Institute of Applied Physiology and Medicine
Formerly, Chairman and Director of Pacific Vascular Laboratories
Discovered and applied the first and still standard method of detecting
bubbles formed in the blood during decompression.
Conference Co-Chair 

Edward Thalmann, MD 

Paul Webb, MD
Consultant in: human calorimetry; heat and cold; aviation,
space and undersea medicine. 
Prof. Community Health, School of Medicine, Wright State University.
Formerly, President of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.

David Youngblood, MD
Director, Hyperbaric Oxygen Department, Roper Hospital, Charleston, South 
Carolina. Medical Director, Oxycare International, Ltd., and President of 
Ocean Consultants. Formerly, Research Associate in Diving and Hyperbaric 
Medicine, Duke University Formerly, Medical Director of numerous National 
Geographic Society, military and commercial oceanographic/diving 
expeditions.  


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Edmond Kay, M.D.
13030 Military Rd. S., Suite 210
Seattle WA 98168
Phone -- (206) 242-6500 ... Fax -- (206) 246-7946
Web -- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~ekay/
E-mail - ekay@u.wa*.ed*
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