Dive Away Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Conference - Philippines
Venue: Pura Vida Beach and Dive Resort
Location: Dauin-Dumaguete, Philippines
Event Date/Time: Feb 24, 2012 | End Date/Time: Mar 04, 2012 |
Early Registration Date: Nov 15, 2011 |
Description
Highlights included:
•Diving Developments and Techniques, Fitness to Dive, Drowning/Near Drowning
•SCUBA and Free Diving Physics & Physiology
•Gas Embolism and Decompression Sickness, Return to Diving Assessment
•Environmental Hazards, Cave/Cold Water Diving
•Hyperbaric Medicine, Dive Accident Management, and much more!
Location and Activities:
•Pura Vida Beach and Dive Resort - A secure, private beach and diving resort located on the warm, sunny and secluded Philippine island paradise of Negros. The Philippines is a beautiful island nation located in Southeast Asia comprising more than 7,000 islands in the western Pacific Ocean. These islands are home to spectacular scenery, pristine beaches, incredible sights and lively cities. The Pura Vida Beach and Dive Resort is built for divers by divers and is under Swiss Management. Located on an unspoiled 3km beach, it is a real tropical environment with lots of coconut palm trees and lush greenery around a large swimming pool.
•Fantastic diving: The Philippines Gets Top Spots in Scuba Diving Magazine's Top 100 Reader’s Choice Survey for 2010 (Categories for Wreck Diving, Macro Life, Advanced Diving, Beginner Diving, Underwater Photography, Value for Diving Dollar, and Overall Rating for Destination.) The Philippines are surrounded by an abundance of healthy reefs and many wrecks with with an enormous variety of fish offering world class scuba diving and snorkeling. The country's top marine biology institute is found in Dumaguete and for good reason, as it is proximate to excellent marine sites.
•Additional activities: Guided hikes in tropical forests to waterfalls and hot springs, ATV tours, golfing, bird watching, visiting the weekly farmer’s market, sea kayaking, sailing and dolphin/whale watching and much more! Spa services available at resort - massage, body scrub, manicure/pedicure, aroma therapy, steam and sauna. Wireless internet in the whole resort area.
Course Information
This six-day course in diving & hyperbaric medicine is open to everyone, but is an exciting and opportune way for physicians, nurses and health professionals to earn continuing medical education credits while enjoying one of the most beautiful, adventurous and exciting islands in the Philippines - and, of course, there is 
fantastic diving!
The objectives/goals of this CME course is to provide a 
comprehensive overview of diving medicine, cover many topics related to hyperbaric medicine in order to
provide the participant with the tools necessary to 
understand:
- how the undersea environment affects divers
- discussing fitness to dive and return to diving issues
- the evaluation of diving related injuries,
- the management of these conditions, and much more.
Curriculum
I. BACKGROUND
- The History of Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine
- The Physics of Diving
- Physiological Responses to the
Underwater Environment
- Decompression Theory
II. SURFACE/ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
- Panic
- Blackout/Apneic Diving
- Marine Animal Injuries & Envenomation
- Hyperthermia and Sun Exposure Issues
III. DESCENT ISSUES
- ENT Aspects of Diving
- Non-Pulmonary Barotrauma
- Thoracic Squeeze
IV. BOTTOM ISSUES
- Nitrogen Narcosis
- Oxygen Toxicity
- Anoxia/Hypoxia
- Carbon Dioxide Toxicity/CO Poisoning
V. ASCENT ISSUES
- Extra-alveolar Gas/Arterial Gas Embolism,
- Decompression Sickness
VI. DROWNING/NEAR DROWNING
VII. FITNESS TO DIVE
- Medical Considerations/Physical Health & Fitness
- Age Considerations, Cardiac Health and Diving
- Innate Immunity
- Mammalian Adaptation to Diving
- History of Diving Injuries
- Accident Analysis / Case Histories
- Physical & Mental Health Training for Divers
VIII. SPECIAL FEATURES
- Hyperbaric Medicine - Mechanisms, Indications, 
 Safety, Applications for Diving Related Diseases
 and off label indications
- Technical Diving, New Species Discovery in Cave
- Rebreather Diving, Cave Diving
- Medical/Surgical Resources on Dive Sites
- Seafood Toxidromes
- Forensic Diving Cases
- Antarctic Diving, Hypothermia
- New Developments in Diving Technology
- Wilderness, Extreme Location/Travel Medicine
- Divers’ First Aid /Medical Kits