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Improving the Health of Your Clinical Practice
May
28

2025 Annual Scientific Meeting

AsMA-UHMS-ASM-2025 Atlanta, June 1-6, 2025

Aerospace Medical Association &
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society: 

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May
19

New Hyperbaric Clinics: START HERE!

Start Here!

Are you starting a new hyperbaric and wound care clinic, or overhauling an existing program?

Are you unsure where to start with regard to staff training and credentialing for your new hyperbaric and/or wound care clinic? Maybe you didn't know there's a basic training course available in hyperbaric medicine and wound care that is recommended by the medical society for our subspeciality, the UHMS. 

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May
14

What is the Role of Hyperbaric Safety Director?

Whose in charge of safety?

The safety director plays a critical role in the operation of a hyperbaric facility:

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Apr
30

QI Part 1: Basic Principles of Quality Improvement

Quality Improvement: Hyperbaric Facility Safety

The concepts of quality improvement (QI) and performance improvement (PI) in healthcare are not new and have been around in some form for many years. Implementing best practices and establishing quality and safety standards ensures that a hyperbaric department attains a high level of safe patient care.

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Apr
23

Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) is a medical emergency that presents with the abrupt onset of an unexpected sudden sensory deficit that is often underappreciated by patients, and at times by clinicians. Approximately 88% of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) has no identifiable etiology and is termed ISSHL. Otolaryngologists have intensely investigated ISSHL since the 1970s. Over the past 30 years, more than 800 articles, or 1 every 2 weeks, have been published in the English medical literature.(89) Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss is the abrupt onset of hearing loss, typically present upon wakening, usually unilateral, and involving a hearing loss of at least 30 decibels (dB) occurring within 3 days over at least 3 contiguous frequencies. As most patients do not present with premorbid audiograms, the degree of hearing loss is usually defined by the presentation thresholds of the unaffected ear. Other associated symptoms include tinnitus, aural fullness, dizziness, and vertigo.

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Apr
16

Effects of Hyperbaric Medicine on Infectious Disease

Effects of Hyperbaric Medicine on Infectious Disease

General Mechanisms of Action of Oxygen in Infections:

With disease, oxygen delivery is compromised. The inflammatory response following infection is characterized by capillary leak and vasogenic edema that increases the diffusion distance between the vascular supply of dissolved and bound oxygen and adjacent tissues. Tissue edema also leads to variable degrees of tamponade and venous thrombosis, further compromising perfusion and oxygen delivery. Infection leads to microcirculatory shunting (reducing oxygen extraction) and mitochondrial uncoupling. 

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Apr
09

Who Registers for Hyperbaric Certified - Safety?

Enroll in Hyperbaric Certified - Safety today!

Have you heard of the Hyperbaric Certified - Safety (HC-S©) designation? 

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Mar
26

ATTENTION: Hyperbaric Medical Facilities

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
 Do you find yourself performing tasks in hyperbaric safety or as a Hyperbaric Program Director or Business Manager?
Are seeking advancement in the field of hyperbaric medicine? If so, this is an important weekend for you. Please read.

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Mar
18

How to Become a Hyperbaric Technician

How to Become a Hyperbaric Technician

We receive a number of phone calls each week from folks inquiring how to become a Hyperbaric Technician, which is an added qualification to certain baseline credentials. 

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Mar
12

A Call To All Providers of Hyperbaric Medicine

A Call To Action to All Providers of Hyperbaric Medicine

This article provides an update on the tragic death of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper in a hyperbaric chamber fire on January 31, 2025, in Troy, Michigan; and an important call to action to all providers of hyperbaric medicine from the Executive Director of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.

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