Hyperbaric Medicine Courses

COURSE OVERVIEW 

The goals of this 1-hour course are to educate the audience as to the pathophysiological impact of carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning on the body's systems and treatment options including the pharmacological benefit of hyperbaric medicine as a primary treatment modality.

Credit Hours:  1.0-hour

License Types: RN, LPN, CNS, ARNP, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHT - Category A, CHRN - Category A

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Video lecture taught by Dr. Helen gelly
• A slide review of the lecture content.
• Article on Air Quality in the Hyperbaric Environment by Eric Schinazi, CHT
• Mandatory course evaluation
• Quiz

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COURSE OVERVIEW

This course consists of two video lectures, followed by a short quiz.

• Video Lecture 1: "Dive Tables"
• Video lecture 2: "Physics of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine"

This course is designed to greatly enhance your understanding of the dive tables and hyperbaric physics, two topics that the majority of practitioners struggle with.

Credit Hours: 1.0

License Types: RN, LPN, CNS, ARNP, CNA, CHT - Category A, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHRN - Category A

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 COURSE OVERVIEW

In this one-hour credit course you will learn:

• Composition of Air
• Properties of Oxygen
• Medical Gas Storage
• Fire Triangle
• Types of Fires
• Extinguishing Fires Based on Type
• Conditions for Ignition
• Potential Sources of Ignition
• Contributors to Hazardous Oxygen Levels
• Personnel Exposure and Handling of Oxygen
• Risks & Mitigation for Multi and Monoplace Chambers

This course consists of a video lecture followed by a quiz and course evaluation. You will immediately receive a certificate upon successful completion of all modules of the course.

Credit Hours: 1.0

License Types: RN, LPN, CNS, ARNP, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHT - Category A, CHRN - Category A

The Board (NBDHMT) now requires the following statement to accompany all subsequent references to NBDHMT approved CEU, one that serves as a reminder of CHT core competency:

“CHT re-certification requires a minimum of nine of the minimum 12 Category A credits relate directly to any combination of hyperbaric operations, related technical aspects and chamber safety”.

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Do you want to get certified in Wound Care? 

Do you want to get certified in Hyperbaric Medicine? 

Don't know where to start? 

Start here. 

This short course provides you with a roadmap on how to obtain certification in either wound care or hyperbaric medicine.

All levels of practitioners will find answers, from physicians, to nurses, to technicians, and allied health. 

This course answers the most frequently asked questions that we receive about how to obtain certification in wound care and or hyperbaric medicine. 

This course will help you determine which certification exam and certifying organization best fit your situation and provides you with ten “pearls” to help pass the certification exam.

Material from this course is sourced from: Shah, Jayesh B. Sheffield, Paul J. Fife E. Caroline. 2016. Wound Care Certification Study Guide, Second Edition. North Palm Beach, FL. Best Publishing Company

COURSE OVERVIEW

This course consists of a video lecture followed by a quiz and course evaluation. You will immediately receive a certificate upon successful completion of all modules of the course.

Credit Hours: 1.0

License Types: RN, LPN, CNS, ARNP, CNA, CHT - Category A, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHRN - Category A

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COURSE OVERVIEW

This 2-hour course discusses the role of the MD/CHT/CHRN in preparing a patient for hyperbaric oxygen therapy and the critical areas of necessary hyperbaric documentation and quality assurance.

Credit Hours: 2.0

License Types: RN, APRN, LPN, CNA, RCP, CRT, RRT, CHT - Category A, CHRN - Category A

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Credit Hours: 2.5

License Types Eligible for Credits: RN, APRN, LN, CNA, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHT - Category B, CHRN - Category B

This 2.5-hour online course is based on Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, Chapter 5: Multiplace Hyperbaric Chambers. The textbook is not required to participate in this course, materials that you will need are provided. However, the textbook, Hyperbaric Medicine Practice https://www.bestpub.com/books/hyperbaric-a-undersea-medicine/product/hyperbaric-medicine-practice-4th-edition/category_pathway-31.html can be puchased from Best Publishing Company and will be a compliment to this course.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE

• Diving Physics
• Diving Apparatus
• Abnormal Gasses
• Breath-Hold Diving
• Drowning
• Decompression Sickness and Arterial Gas Embolism
• Barotrauma
• Nonpulmonary Barotrauma
• Pregnancy and Diving
• Diving in the Elderly
• Long-Term Physiological Effects
• Medications
• Diving Hazards
• Altitude
• Flying After Diving
• Saturation Diving

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Credit Hours: 1.5

License Types Eligible for Credits: RN, APRN, LN, CNA, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHT - Category B, CHRN - Category B

This 1.5 - hour online course is based on Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, Chapter 6: Hyperbaric Nursing.

KEY CONCEPTS

• The specialty of hyperbaric nursing has evolved since the 1950s along with the practice of hyperbaric medicine.
• Nurses, qualified by education, experience, and professional licensure, provide care for patients in the altered environment of the hyperbaric chamber.
• The art and science of nursing are uniquely combined in this setting as nurses not only deal with the technology of the hyperbaric chamber, the physiological monitoring and life-support equipment, but also with the art of psychologically adapting the patient and providing emotional support and patient and family education.
• The administrative aspects of setting up a hyperbaric medicine department and training and developing staff also fall into the realm of nursing. 
• This course discusses the above listed aspects as well as the practical aspects of hyperbaric nursing.

Materials that you will need are provided with this course. However, the textbook, Hyperbaric Medicine Practice can be puchased from Best Publishing Company and will be a compliment to this course.

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Credit Hours: 2.5

License Types: RN, APRN, LN, CNA, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHT - Category B, CHRN - Category B

This 2.5 - hour online course is based on Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, Chapter 4: Management of Critically Ill Patients in the Monoplace Hyperbaric Chamber

KEY CONCEPTS

• Approach to the Critically Ill Patient
• The Hyperbaric Unit
• Defibrillation
• Intrahospital Transport of Critically llI Patients
• Preparing the Critically Ill Patient for Monoplace HBO2
• Patient Monitoring in the Monoplace Chamber
• Patient Management During HBO2
• IntravenousTherapy
• Ventilation
• Conclusion

The textbook is not required to participate in this course, materials that you will need are provided. However, the textbook Hyperbaric Medicine Practice https://www.bestpub.com/books/hyperbaric-a-undersea-medicine/product/hyperbaric-medicine-practice-4th-edition/category_pathway-31.html can be puchased from Best Publishing Company and will be a compliment to this course.

TOPICS COVERED

• Construction Requirements
• Multiplace Hyberbaric Chamber
• Pressurization
• What You Can and What You Should Not Introduce in the Room
• Hyperbaric Chamber Attendant
• Medical Devices
• Continuous Infusion Pumps
• HyperbaricVentilators

Credit Hours: 1.0

License Types: RN, APRN, LN, CNA, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHT - Category B, CHRN - Category B

This 1-hour online course is based on Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, Chapter 5: Multiplace Hyperbaric Chambers.

The textbook is not required to participate in this course, materials that you will need are provided. However, the textbook Hyperbaric Medicine Practice https://www.bestpub.com/books/hyperbaric-a-undersea-medicine/product/hyperbaric-medicine-practice-4th-edition/category_pathway-31.html can be puchased from Best Publishing Company and will be a compliment to this course.

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Credit Hours: 2.0

License Types Eligible for CEUs: RN, APRN, LN, CNA, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHT - Category B, CHRN - Category B

This 2 - hour online course is based on Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, 4th Edition Chapter 7: The Use of Drugs Under Pressure.

KEY CONCEPTS

• A hyperbaric and hyperoxic environment creates numerous considerations for the use of drug therapies within it .
• First, the physical stress of hyperbaria impacts drug storage and has implications on which containers are most appropriate for use.
• Second, physiologic changes to the body from hyperbaria and hyperoxia may lead to pharmacokinetic changes in drug disposition.
• Lastly, hyperbaric oxygen acting as a drug can interact and enhance or ameliorate the physiologic effect of a drug.
• Most drugs will not interact unfavorably with oxygen, and to study each and every drug in its interaction with hyperbaric oxygen would be not feasible. Unless specific contraindications or precautions have been addressed, it is generally safe to assume a medication can be used. Significant known exceptions and their evidence will be discussed in this course, along with the implications of hyperbaric oxygen use on drug disposition.

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COURSE OVERVIEW

The main goals of this intense ninety minute course are to review hyperbaric safety and emergency procedure development; list the regulatory agencies involved in defining hyperbaric codes, designing fire safety codes, and defining engineering standards; describe the emergency medical response for various medical emergencies; describe who is responsible for equipment maintenance and potential equipment issues; define the most effective infection control standard and to describe what resources are available in developing training standards.

Credit Hours: 2.0

License Types: RN, LPN, CNS, ARNP, CNA, CHT - Category A, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHRN - Category A 

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COURSE OVERVIEW

This one-hour CME/CEU credit course provides education on the latent effects of radiation and the use of HBOT with the goal of affording patients the best care possible as expeditiously as feasible based on the most up to date research, literature, and data available. Participants will be able to make a proper referral for treatment of wounded patients meeting hyperbaric candidacy.

The patricipant will have increased knowledge, competence, and performance in regards to symptoms, patient evaluation, and treatment.

Credit Hours: 1.5

License Types: RN, LPN, CNS, APRN, CNA, RD, CRT, RRT, RCP, AAPC

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This textbook-based enduring material course contains content from Chapters 2 and 3 of Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, 4th Edition. 

The content covers the following topics: 

Physiologic Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen

Recognition and Prevention of Oxygen Poisoning in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Biochemical Mechanisms of Oxygen Poisoning

Modification of Oxygen Tolerance

Management of Oxygen-Induced Seizures 

Credit Hours: 1.5

License Types: RN, LPN, CNS, ARNP, CNA, CRT, RRT, RCP, CHT - Category B, CHRN - Category B

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