Canadian Association of Diving Contractors

Third Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Nov. 15 – 18 – CLICK HERE!!!

Uniquely Canadian: A National Perspective

Our updated and still preliminary program is available for download — CC UHMS 2012 Program.
There will be an opportunity for posters and poster presentations as well.
CME, CNE, and CHT credits will be available for participation in the course. More information will be announced shortly.

If you have any questions about the program, contact «Eric Carter (click here)».

November 5 – Electronic Ballots due
Thursday Evening – Committee Meetings
Friday – Board of Directors and Committee Meetings with evening social time
Friday Evening – CHT / CHRN Exam

Please visit the NBDHMT website «www.NBDHMT.org» and download the application to sit the exam. Follow the instructions on the application and when approved to sit the exam, email «Eric Carter».
Exam 5:30PM-7:30PM. The exam will be held in Algonquin A at the National Hotel and Suites in Ottawa.
Saturday – Hyperbaric medicine

Morning Session

The role of HBOT for carbon monoxide poisoning/standardizing assessment &
treatment – Dr. Dominique Buteau
Pain management in hyperbaric patients – Dr. Chris Goodall
ETCO2 monitoring of ventilated patients during HBOT – Dr. David Harrison
Questions and discussion
Coffee
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada Diploma program – Sarah Taber
Presentation by Health Canada – Philip Neufeld
Associates section meeting/consultation on certification
Consultation on Diploma in Hyperbaric Medicine – Dr. Ken LeDez

Afternoon Session

Brief case presentations and discussions from across Canada:
Pulmonary edema & hypertension in monoplace HBOT – Dr. Ken LeDez
Monoplace pulmonary edema followed by respiratory arrest – Dr. Ron Linden
HBOT case from Ottawa
Rinne & Weber tests useful despite ear tubes – Dr. Chris Goodall
Evaluation of a ‘hand-held’ fluorescence digital imaging device for real-time advanced
wound care monitoring – Dr. Ralph S. DaCosta
Six weeks of hyperbaric oxygen treatment does not induce oxidative renal injury in
patients with chronic ischemic wounds – Dr. Ludwik Fedorko
HBOT & hemodynamic response: insights from a prospective study – Marie-Ludivine
Chateau-Degat PhD
Questions & discussion
Coffee
Optimal assessment & HBOT treatment protocols for wounds – Dr. Ron Linden
Updating CSA standards for medical hyperbaric treatment facilities – Sherri Ferguson
Biomedical technicians & comprehensive training program for new hyperbaric chamber
operators – Dr. David Harrison
Hyperbaric facility accreditation issues & problems – Tom Workman
Update on Accreditation of Canadian hyperbaric treatment facilities – Dr. Ron Linden
Introduction to Standards of Practice in Canadian hyperbaric medicine – Dr. Ken LeDez
Discussion

Saturday Evening – Banquet Dinner and Awards
Sunday Morning – Tour of Ottawa Hospital Hyperbaric Facility
Sunday – Diving and diving medicine

Morning Session

Sinking to New Depths: Canadian Forces Diving Medicine Update – Dr. Bill Bateman
Decompression illness research – Bruce Cameron Ph.D.
Update on diving medicine in Canada – Dr. Dominique Buteau
Questions and discussion
Coffee
Novel in vitro model for study of DCS & new potential treatments –Helene N. David Ph.D.
Toward a consensus between membrane & protein theories of inert gas narcosis & inhalation anaesthesia –Jacques H. Abraini Ph.D.
Decompression models, is it time to deep six – deep stops? – Dr. Saul Goldman
Fluoxetine & decompression sickness –Jacques H. Abraini Ph.D.
Questions and discussion

Afternoon Session

Installation of the new hyperbaric chamber facility in Levis, PQ – Jocelyn Boisvert
Immersion pulmonary edema – Eric Carter
Submarine escape training – Dr. Debbie Pestell
Advanced Diving topic – TBD
Coffee
Fitness to dive & controversies in diving medicine
Diabetes and diving 1: Principles and consideration – Dr. John Dornan
Diabetes and diving 2: Should diabetics be permitted to work as divers? – Dr. Ken LeDez
Diabetes and diving: debate and panel discussion
Ask the experts / myths of diving panel