Fast-Track Education 8: Updates on Pressure Vessels, Disordered Decompression, Novel Wound Scoring System, Lung Injury

Course overview

Learner Objectives As a result of having attended the meeting, the participants should have had the opportunity to: • list factors that can influence decompression safety • name popular decompression algorithms • describe practical strategies to reduce decompression stress • discuss how gradient factors affect decompression computation • understand decompression sickness (DCS) and how to prevent it • understand various wound scoring systems predominate in wound literature Subject Matter Hard Hat Medicine Panel - Updates on Pressure Vessels Inspections in the State of Alabama Disordered Decompression A Novel Wound Scoring System Lung Injury with Diving-Beyond Boyle's Law Decompression Stresses-Beyond the Algorithm Teaching Methods • Online video of speakers lecture with PPT slides embedded. • Exam questions for each lecture • Evaluation of program Evaluation Methods Evaluation is offered online after completion of the activity, which evaluates the effectiveness of the meeting, that no bias was presented, individual faculty and overall objectives were met. References:Document that the subject matter is current and accurate by providing references or a bibliography with journal articles, text or reference books published within the last five years. Please submit according to APA (American Psychological Association) format. • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, North Palm Beach, Florida • National Fire Protection Association 99, Health Care Facilities; 2015. www.nfpa.org • UHMS Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications, Thirteenth Edition, Dr. Lindell Weaver, April 2014 (http://www.bestpub.com/books/hyperbaric-a-undersea-medicine/product/359-ebook-hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-indications-thirteenth-edition.html)