Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Journal Volume 44, Issue #4

Course overview

Learner Objectives: As a result of having attended the meeting, the participants should have had the opportunity to: 1. To understand the importance of appropriate first aid, medical treatment, early cardiorespiratory investigations and recommendations for SDPE patients. 2. To explain how age and other predisposing factors contributed to immersion pulmonary edema - incorporating both swimming induced pulmonary edema (SIPE) and scuba divers pulmonary edema (SDPE). 3. To understand the importance of appropriate first aid, medical treatment, early investigations and recommendations for divers with neurologic deficits. 4. To explain the prediction whether neurologic conditions in divers are due to DCI or cerebrospinal vascular diseases. 5. To understand the basic pathophysiology of experimental arthritis induced by collagen injection. 6. To understand immunologic changes induced by hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Subject Matter: Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen treatment for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss Cerebrospinal vascular diseases misdiagnosed as decompression illness: the importance of considering other neurological diagnoses Kiyotaka Kohshi 1, Yoshitaka Morimatsu 2, Hideki Tamaki 3, Yukio Murata 1, Katsuko Kohshi 1, Tatsuya Ishitake 2, Petar J. Denoble 4 Performance of life support breathing apparatus for under-ice diving operations Michael A. Lang PhD 1, John R. Clarke PhD 2 Attenuation of collagen-induced arthritis by hyperbaric oxygen therapy through altering immune balance in favor of regulatory T cells Byung-In Moon 1*, Hyung-Ran Kim 2*, Eun-Jeong Choi 2, Jeong-Hae Kie 3, Ju-Young Seoh 2 Teaching Methods: • Journal Reading • Examination of material • Evaluation of activity Evaluation Methods: Evaluation is offered through the online educational portal with 3 graded questions each UHM Journal paper and an overall evaluation at completion of the Journal-based activity.