Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society explained

The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) is an organization based in the US which supports research on matters of hyperbaric medicine and physiology, and provides a certificate of added qualification for physicians with an unrestricted license to practice medicine and for limited licensed practitioners, at the completion of the Program for Advanced Training in Hyperbaric Medicine. They support an extensive library and are a primary source of information for diving and hyperbaric medicine physiology worldwide.

History

The Undersea Medical Society (UMS) grew from the close associations of a small group of scientists. These men realized after a series of International Symposia on Underwater Physiology, initiated by the University of Pennsylvania and the Office of Naval Research that there was a need to stimulate in the field of undersea medicine.[1] [2] This group consisted of diving and aerospace Dr's Edward L. Beckman, Jack L. Kinsey, Christian J. Lambertsen, Walter F. Mazzone, Earl H. Ninow, and Robert D. Workman.[1] The key decision from this meeting was that Dr. Lambertsen was charged with writing the Constitution and establishing the society.[1] They also decided that the Aerospace Medical Association could be the initial home of the UMS.[1]

On 10 April 1967, a meeting was held in Washington, D.C. to introduce the charter membership and elect the society officers and executive committee.[1] There were 88 charter members and the founding Executive committee was made up of Dr's Edward L. Beckman, Albert R. Behnke, George F. Bond, Wallace O. Fenn, Jack L. Kinsey, Christian J. Lambertsen, Walter F. Mazzone, Earl H. Ninow, Heinz R. Schreiner, and Robert D. Workman.[1]

By 1973, the UMS had grown to the point of needing an office and hired Charles W. Shilling as the first Executive secretary.[1] By the next year, the UMS established its scientific journal, Undersea Biomedical Research.[1] [3] The journal continued under this name until 1993 when it was changed to Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal.[4]

In 1986, the UMS changed its name to the current one. The name change reflected the rapidly growing interest in hyperbaric oxygen physiology and therapy.[1] The UHMS's purpose is to provide scientific information to protect the health of sport, military and commercial divers and to improve the scientific basis of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, promote sound treatment protocols and standards of practice and provide CME accreditation within its field.

Indications for hyperbaric oxygen

UHMS definition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO):The patient breathes 100% oxygen intermittently while the pressure of the treatment chamber is increased to greater than one atmosphere absolute (atm abs). Current information indicates that pressurization should be at least 1.4 atm abs. This may occur in a single person chamber (monoplace) or multiplace chamber (may hold 2 or more people). Breathing 100% oxygen at 1 atm abs or exposing isolated parts of the body to 100% oxygen does not constitute HBO therapy.

UHMS approved Indications:The following indications are approved uses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy as defined by the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee.[5]

Training

Medical training in Hyperbaric Medicine occurs through a post graduate medical fellowship. Hyperbaric medicine fellowships in the United States are approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) under the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM), the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), and by the American Osteopathic Association under the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists (AOABOS).[41] [42] The UHMS provides a certificate of added qualification (CAQ) for physicians with an unrestricted license to practice medicine and for limited licensed practitioners, at the completion of the Program for Advanced Training in Hyperbaric Medicine (PATH).[43]

Training and certification for hyperbaric technology is also offered by the National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology.[44]

Library

The UHMS Charles W. Shilling Library is the largest repository of diving and hyperbaric research and clinical information—current and historical—in the world. The library is located at the Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Library in Durham, NC. The collection consists of books, journals, reports, workshops, symposia, conference proceedings, and annotated bibliographies spanning the fields of diving, hyperbaric, and marine medicine. There is a small journal and newsletter collection dealing with diving safety and diving medicine. The library has extensive reprint files of articles, cataloged by author, related to diving and hyperbaric medicine and dating back to the 1930s.

Many of the UHMS publications have been scanned and are available online at the Rubicon Research Repository. Other articles can be found in the DUMC Archive finding aids.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chandler, Donald . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society 1967 - 2007: A history of 40 years. . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 59.
  2. Web site: staff . Underwater Physiology Symposium Finding Aid . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226041401/http://rubicon-foundation.org/underwater-physiology-symposiums/ . usurped . February 26, 2012 . 2009-06-11 .
  3. Web site: Undersea Biomedical Research Journal collection . UHMS . Rubicon Foundation, Inc. . https://archive.today/20130113140918/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2424 . usurped . January 13, 2013 . 2009-06-11 .
  4. Web site: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal collection . UHMS . Rubicon Foundation, Inc. . https://archive.today/20130113062637/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/1811 . usurped . January 13, 2013 . 2009-06-11 .
  5. The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee. Guidelines: Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen. Durham, NC: UHMS; 2009.
  6. Web site: Air or Gas Embolism . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080502191923/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/AirorGasEmbolism/tabid/271/Default.aspx . 2008-05-02 .
  7. Web site: Carbon Monoxide . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725005744/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/CarbonMonoxidePoisoning/tabid/272/Default.aspx . 2008-07-25 .
  8. Piantadosi CA . Carbon monoxide poisoning . Undersea Hyperb Med . 31 . 1 . 167–77 . 2004 . 15233173 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216104033/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4002 . usurped . February 16, 2009 . 2008-05-19.
  9. Web site: Cyanide Poisoning . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725005716/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/CarbonMonoxidePoisoning/CyanidePoisoning/tabid/284/Default.aspx . 2008-07-25 .
  10. Hall AH, Rumack BH . Clinical toxicology of cyanide . Ann Emerg Med . 15 . 9 . 1067–74 . September 1986 . 3526995 . 10.1016/S0196-0644(86)80131-7.
  11. Takano T, Miyazaki Y, Nashimoto I, Kobayashi K . Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on cyanide intoxication: in situ changes in intracellular oxidation reduction . Undersea Biomed Res . 7 . 3 . 191–7 . September 1980 . 7423657 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090213215710/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2888 . usurped . February 13, 2009 . 2008-05-19.
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  14. Web site: Clostridal Myositis and Myonecrosis (Gas gangrene) . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705210329/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/ClostridalMyositisandMyonecrosis/tabid/273/Default.aspx . 2008-07-05 .
  15. Hart GB, Strauss MB . Gas Gangrene - Clostridial Myonecrosis: A Review . J. Hyperbaric Med . 5 . 2 . 125–144 . 1990 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080926193939/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4428 . usurped . September 26, 2008 . 2008-05-16.
  16. Zamboni WA, Riseman JA, Kucan JO . Management of Fournier's Gangrene and the role of Hyperbaric Oxygen . J. Hyperbaric Med . 5 . 3 . 177–186 . 1990 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080602023057/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4431 . usurped . June 2, 2008 . 2008-05-16.
  17. Web site: Crush Injury, Compartment syndrome, and other Acute Traumatic Ischemias . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080508193828/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/CrushInjury/tabid/274/Default.aspx . 2008-05-08 .
  18. Bouachour G, Cronier P, Gouello JP, Toulemonde JL, Talha A, Alquier P . Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of crush injuries: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial . J Trauma . 41 . 2 . 333–9 . August 1996 . 8760546 . 10.1097/00005373-199608000-00023.
  19. Web site: Decompression Sickness or Illness and Arterial Gas Embolism . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705210353/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/DecompressionSickness/tabid/275/Default.aspx . 2008-07-05 .
  20. Book: Brubakk, A. O. . Bennett and Elliott's physiology and medicine of diving . 5th Rev . T. S. Neuman . 2003 . Saunders Ltd. . United States . 978-0-7020-2571-6 . 800 .
  21. Acott . C. . A brief history of diving and decompression illness. . South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal . 29 . 2 . 1999 . 0813-1988 . 16986801 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080627230124/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/6004 . usurped . June 27, 2008 . 2008-03-18 .
  22. Web site: Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705205712/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/ProblemWounds/tabid/276/Default.aspx . 2008-07-05 .
  23. Zamboni WA, Wong HP, Stephenson LL, Pfeifer MA . Evaluation of hyperbaric oxygen for diabetic wounds: a prospective study . Undersea Hyperb Med . 24 . 3 . 175–9 . September 1997 . 9308140 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090208222429/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2279 . usurped . February 8, 2009 . 2008-05-16.
  24. Kranke. Peter. Bennett. Michael H. Martyn-St James. Marrissa. Schnabel. Alexander. Debus. Sebastian E. Weibel. Stephanie. 2015-06-24. Cochrane Wounds Group. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for chronic wounds. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015 . 6. CD004123. en. 10.1002/14651858.CD004123.pub4. 26106870. 7055586.
  25. Web site: Exceptional Blood Loss - Anemia . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705205816/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/ExceptionalBloodLossAnemia/tabid/277/Default.aspx . 2008-07-05 .
  26. Hart GB, Lennon PA, Strauss MB . Hyperbaric oxygen in exceptional acute blood-loss anemia . J. Hyperbaric Med . 2 . 4 . 205–210 . 1987 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116015734/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4352 . usurped . January 16, 2009 . 2008-05-19 .
  27. Web site: Intracranial Abscess . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725005755/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/IntracranialAbscess/tabid/278/Default.aspx . 2008-07-25 .
  28. Lampl LA, Frey G, Dietze T, Trauschel M . Hyperbaric Oxygen in Intracranial Abscesses . J. Hyperbaric Med . 4 . 3 . 111–126 . 1989 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116015734/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4352 . usurped . January 16, 2009 . 2008-05-19 .
  29. Web site: Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705205656/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/NecrotizingSoftTissueInfections/tabid/279/Default.aspx . 2008-07-05 .
  30. Escobar SJ, Slade JB, Hunt TK, Cianci P . Adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) for treatment of necrotizing fasciitis reduces mortality and amputation rate . Undersea Hyperb Med . 32 . 6 . 437–43 . 2005 . 16509286 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216104038/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4061 . usurped . February 16, 2009 . 2008-05-16.
  31. Web site: Refractory Osteomyelitis . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705205448/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/OsteomyelitisRefractory/tabid/280/Default.aspx . 2008-07-05 .
  32. Mader JT, Adams KR, Sutton TE . Infectious diseases: pathophysiology and mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen . J. Hyperbaric Med . 2 . 3 . 133–140 . 1987 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090213215933/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4339 . usurped . February 13, 2009 . 2008-05-16.
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  34. Web site: Hyperbaric Ocxgen Treatments for Complications of radiation Therapy . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080505102002/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/DelayedRadiationInjury/tabid/281/Default.aspx . 2008-05-05 .
  35. Zhang . L. D. . J. F. Kang . H. L. Xue. . Distribution of lesions in the head and neck of the humerus and the femur in dysbaric osteonecrosis . Undersea Biomed. Res. . 17 . 4 . 353–358 . 1990 . 0093-5387 . 2068005 . 2396333 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080918211938/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2570 . usurped . September 18, 2008 . 2008-04-06 .
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  37. Web site: Skin Grafts and Flaps Compromised . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705210241/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/SkinGraftsFlaps/tabid/282/Default.aspx . 2008-07-05 .
  38. McFarlane RM, Wermuth RE . The use of hyperbaric oxygen to prevent necrosis in experimental pedicle flaps and composite skin grafts . Plast. Reconstr. Surg. . 37 . 5 . 422–30 . May 1966 . 5327032 . 10.1097/00006534-196605000-00008 .
  39. Web site: Thermal Burns . Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705205241/http://www.uhms.org/ResourceLibrary/Indications/ThermalBurns/tabid/283/Default.aspx . 2008-07-05 .
  40. Cianci P, Lueders H, Lee H, Shapiro R, Sexton J, Williams C, Green B . Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Reduces the Need for Surgery in 40-80% Burns . J. Hyperbaric Med . 3 . 2 . 97–101 . 1988 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080606043753/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4369 . usurped . June 6, 2008 . 2008-05-16.
  41. Web site: Specialties and Subspecialties . 2012 . American Osteopathic Association . 2 April 2013.
  42. Vorosmarti J . A "Certificate of Added Qualifications" by the American Board of Preventive Medicine . Undersea Biomed Res . 17 . 2 . 93 . March 1990 . 2321321 . https://archive.today/20120713065525/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2728 . usurped . July 13, 2012 . 2008-07-22.
  43. Web site: Program for Advanced Training in Hyperbarics (PATH) . Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society . 29 August 2017.
  44. Web site: National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology . NBDHMT . 2009-06-14.

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