Preliminary schedule:
Canadian Chapter of the UHMS
3rd annual meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 16 – 18, 2012
Overview:
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Friday Nov. 16 – Board of Directors and Committee meetings
o Friday evening: Informal social event 5-7pm
Saturday Nov. 17 – Clinical Hyperbaric Medicine
o Annual General Meeting
o Saturday evening: Buffet Banquet and Awards 7pm
Sunday November 18 – Diving medicine
Registration fees:
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Note:
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Saturday or Sunday (each day)
o $150
 Banquet: $60 / person
Saturday and Sunday:
o $270
Sunday only – special group rate for divers / dive clubs members
o $90
Registration fees include lunch, morning and afternoon refreshments
Registrants for the meeting who join the UHMS for the first time at the meeting are eligible for a 50% discount on the
membership fee
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Hotel rates for the meeting at the National Hotel & Suites: Nov. 16- 18: $129 - $159 / night, incl. free Wi-Fi.
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RESERVATION CUT-OFF DATE
o Email: reservations@nationalhotelottawa.com
o 1-855-238-6001
o Callers must specify the UHMS Canadian Chapter and quoting Reservation ID code: GKUHMS
Hyperbaric Chamber tour, Sunday Nov. 18 cancelled
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Due to maintenance the chamber tour will not be available. Instead, there will be a brief PowerPoint presentation
about the Ottawa hyperbaric facility by Dr. Chris Wherrett
Saturday Nov. 17: Clinical hyperbaric medicine
07:30 – 08:15
08:15 – 08:20
08:20 – 08:30
08:30 – 08:35
08:35 – 09:05
09:05 – 09:35
09:35 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:45
10:45 - 11:20
11:20 – 11:45
11:40 – 11:50
11:50 – 13:20
11:50 – 13:00
11:50 – 13:00
13:00 – 13:15
13:15 – 1400
14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:05
15:05 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:40
15:40 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:15
16:15 – 16:45
1645 – 17:15
17:15 – 17:40
17:40 – 17:50
17:50 – 18:00
19:30 -
Registration
Past-President of the CC_UHMS & introduction of the new President – Dr. Ken LeDez
Introduction and welcome – Ron Linden, 2nd President of the CC_UHMS
Welcome from the Ottawa Hyperbaric Unit – Dr. Chris Wherrett
Clinical hyperbaric medicine 1: Physician certification / Regulations / Research
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Diploma program – Sarah Taber
Presentation by Health Canada – Philip Neufeld
Beneficial effects of normobaric oxygen in a rat model of acute ischemic stroke:
Perspectives for hyperbaric oxygen therapy and implications for DCS
Questions and discussion
Coffee / exhibits / posters
Clinical hyperbaric medicine 2: Carbon monoxide poisoning / HBOT critical care
The role of HBOT for carbon monoxide poisoning – Dr. Dominique Buteau
ETCO2 monitoring of ventilated patients during HBOT – Dr. David Harrison
Questions and discussion
Lunch / exhibits / posters / sections / Annual Members Meeting
Associates section meeting / consultation on certification
Consultation on Diploma in Hyperbaric Medicine – Dr. Ken LeDez
Annual members meeting & Awards Announcement
Clinical hyperbaric medicine 3:
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
 Sudden sensorineural hearing loss – Dr. Chris Wherrett
 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 and the hemodynamic response : Insights from a prospective study - MarieLudivine Chateau-Degat PhD
Questions and discussion
Coffee / exhibits / posters
Clinical hyperbaric medicine 4: Standards and accreditation
Optimal assessment and HBOT treatment protocols for wounds – Dr. Ron Linden
Updating CSA standards for medical hyperbaric treatment facilities – Sherri Ferguson
Biomedical technicians and a comprehensive training program for new hyperbaric
chamber operators – Dr. David Harrison
Hyperbaric facility accreditation issues and problems - Tom Workman
Introduction to Standards of Practice in Canadian hyperbaric medicine – Dr. Ken LeDez
Update on Accreditation of Canadian hyperbaric treatment facilities – Dr. Ron Linden
Discussion
Reception / banquet (Presentation of Awards)
Sunday Nov. 18: Diving and diving medicine
Note: Registrants may submit questions about diving fitness and other issues in writing before the meeting or ask questions from the floor
07:30 – 08:30
08:30 – 08:35
08:35 – 08:50
08:50 – 08:55
Registration
Introduction to the Canadian Chapter of the UHMS – Ron Linden
Welcome and presentation from the Ottawa Hyperbaric Unit – Dr. Chris Wherrett
Introduction by Dominique Buteau, Chair of the CC_UHMS Diving Medicine Committee
Diving disorders & treatment, specialized diving and diving research 1
08:55 - 09:35
09:35 - 10:10
10:10 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:35
10:35 - 10:50
Sinking to New Depths: Update on Diving Medicine in the Canadian Forces – Dr. Bill
Bateman
Decompression models – Dr. Saul Goldman
Update on diving medicine in Canada - Dominique Buteau
Questions and discussion
Coffee / posters / exhibits
Diving disorders & treatment, specialized diving and diving research 2
10:50 – 11:05
11:05 – 11:20
11:20 – 11:55
11:55 – 12:15
12:15 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:15
A novel in vitro model for the study of decompression sickness and new potential
treatments – Dr. Helene N. David
Toward a consensus between the membrane and protein theories of inert gas narcosis
and inhalation anaesthesia – Dr. Jacques H. Abraini
Decompression illness research– Bruce Cameron
Transesophageal echo (TEE) for Patent Foramen Ovale – Dr. Geoff Zbitnew
Questions and discussion
Lunch / posters / exhibits
Diving disorders & treatment, specialized diving and diving research 3
13:15 – 13:35
13:35 – 14:00
14:00 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:00
Installation of the new hyperbaric chamber facility in Levis, PQ – Jocelyn Boisvert
Immersion pulmonary edema – Eric Carter
Submarine escape training – Dr. Debbie Pestell
Coffee / exhibits / posters
Fitness to dive & controversies in diving medicine
15:00 – 15:20
15:20 – 15:40
15:40 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:30
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