Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Journal Volume 46, Issue #5

Course overview

Learner Objectives: As a result of having attended the meeting, the participants should have had the opportunity to: 1. Characterize the clinical features of immersion pulmonary edema (swimming-related pulmonary edema, SIPE). 2. Describe the risk factors for development of SIPE and the recommended follow-up tests after resolution. 3. To highlight the characteristics of identified incidents of immersion pulmonary edema. 4. To understand the importance of appropriate first aid, medical treatment, early cardiorespiratory investigations and recommendations for IPE patients. 5. To collate and analyze the demographics, health characteristics and diving activities of individuals diagnosed with likely IPE. 6. To explain how age and other predisposing factors contributed to IPE. 7. To understand the diagnosis of the grade of medical collateral ligament (MCL) injury by manual examination. 8. To explain effects of hyperbaric oxygen on soft tissue injury. 9. Outline the pathophysiology of arterial gas embolism. 10. Describe the various clinical scenarios in which arterial gas embolism can be observed. 11. List the first aid and definitive treatment modalities for arterial gas embolism. 12. Describe scenarios in which decompression sickness can occur. 13. Reproduce the pathophysiological mechanisms for bubble-induced injury. 14. List the treatment modalities for DCS. Subject Matter: EDITORIAL COMMENTARY; Immersion pulmonary edema: drowning from the inside; RESEARCH ARTICLE Immersion pulmonary edema: case reports from Oceania; RESEARCH ARTICLE Immersion pulmonary edema: an analysis of 31 cases from Oceania; RESEARCH ARTICLE Risk factors for immersion pulmonary edema in recreational scuba divers: a case-control study; Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on recovery acceleration in Japanese professional or semi-professional rugby players with grade 2 medial collateral ligament injury of the knee: A comparative non-randomized study; FROM THE HBO2 INDICATIONS MANUAL14TH EDITION: CHAPTER 1 Hyperbaric treatment of air or gas embolism: current recommendations; FROM THE HBO2 INDICATIONS MANUAL 14TH EDITION: CHAPTER 7 Hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness: current recommendations. 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.