Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Journal Volume 47, Issue #1

Course overview

As a result of having attended the meeting, the participants should have had the opportunity to: 1. To provide data on the anatomy and physiology of the adipose tissue of humans and pigs in order to collect information for use in diving modeling. 2. To evaluate the use of pig adipose tissue as a model for humans in diving studies and decompression sickness risk assessment. 3. To establish incidence of DCS in recreational diving. 4. Utilize dive computer technology to investigate the time/depth characteristics of actual profiles across a large section of recreational dives. 5. Demonstrate that the USN model for DCS risk can be used as a basis to derive a model applicable to recreational diving. 6. To understand pathophysiology and devastating consequences of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). 7. To understand the proposed mechanism and need of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) for central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). Subject Matter: RESEARCH ARTICLE Microvessel density, lipid chemistry and N2 solubility in human and pig adipose tissue Molly K. Gabler-Smith PhD; Andrew J. Westgate PhD; Heather N. Koopman PhD RESEARCH ARTICLE A study of decompression sickness using recorded depth-time profiles Richard G. Dunford MS; Petar D. Denoble MD; Robert Forbes BA; Carl F. Pieper DrPh; Laurens E. Howle PhD; Richard D. Vann PhD RESEARCH ARTICLE The affect of adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy in patients with central retinal artery occlusion Myung Sik Nam MD; Hyun Kim MD; Soo Han Kim MD; Yong Sung Cha MD 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.