Category A Credits: ASM 23
- NBDHMT:This live activity is approved for a maximum of 20* Category A credit hours by National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology, P.O. Box 758, Pelion, South Carolina 29123. *Up to 15 Cat A credits for the in-person/live stream meeting and up to 5 Cat A credits for reviewing posters/quiz online at your leisure. Not to exceed 20 total maximum Cat A credit hours.
- NBDHMT Accreditation Statement: For CHT recertification purposes, the NBDHMT requires a minimum of nine of the minimum 12 required Category A credits relate directly to any combination of hyperbaric operations, related technical aspects and chamber safety.
In-Person / Live Stream Credits (evaluation must be completed): up to 15 Cat A Credit hours.
| Credits | FRIDAY, JUNE 16 | ||
| 0.5 | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Opening Ceremony / Welcome - UHMS President: Pete Witucki, MD |
| 1 | 10:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Plenary: International Panel: Oxygen: How much, How Often: Jacek Kot, MD; Gerardo Bosco, MD; Tino Balestra, MSc, PhD |
| 0.5 | 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Posters: Session A: (A1-A2, A4) & Session B: (B5, B7-B21) |
| 0.2 | 2:20 PM | 2:30 PM | A3: Sex differences in susceptibility to central nervous system oxygen toxicity: Matthew S. Makowski, MD |
| 0.5 | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Plenary: UHM Fellows: Top Articles in Hyperbaric Medicine: Claire Ellis, MD: Duke Fellow |
| 0.5 | 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Posters: Session B: (B22-B41) |
| SATURDAY, JUNE 17 | |||
| 1 | 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Plenary: Session C: Decompression Panel: Stephen Thom, MD (Microparticles); David Doolette, MD (VGE Measurement); Greg Murphy (USN Heliox Tables) |
| 0.2 | 10:30 AM | 10:40 AM | C55: Diving into decompression sickness-resistant rat’s gene expression of genes involved in antioxidant mechanisms and mitochondrial biogenesis; Emmanuel Dugrenot, PhD |
| 0.17 | 10:40 AM | 10:50 AM | C56: Real-time deployment feasibility of deep learning VGE detection models for ultrasound echocardiograms; Arian Azarang, PhD |
| 0.17 | 10:50 AM | 11:00 AM | C58: Effects of oxygen prebreathing on tissue nitrogen content under normobaric and hyperbaric conditions; Edward Ashworth, PhD |
| 0.17 | 11:00 AM | 11:10 AM | C52: Elevations of inflammatory biomarkers in closed circuit SCUBA divers parallel those in DCS models: Stephen Thom, MD |
| 0.19 | 11:10 AM | 11:20 AM | C53: A Novel Method for Observing Gaseous Nitrogen In Vivo and Ex Vivo Using Radioactive Nitrogen-13: Edward Ashworth, PhD |
| 0.2 | 11:20 AM | 11:30 AM | C54: Preliminary qualitative assessment of bubbles inside porcine lymph nodes, imaged by ultrasound after a provocative dive profile: Josh Currens, BS |
| 0.5 | 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Posters: Session B: (B42-B51) & Session C: (C54-C62) |
| 1 | 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Plenary: Session D: Diving Medicine Research Panel: Richard Moon, MD; Jay Dean, MD; Jim Chimiak, MD |
| 0.2 | 3:00 PM | 3:10 PM | D65: Preliminary evidence that fourteen days of apnea and hypoxia exposures reduces circulating pro-inflammatory microparticles: Zachary Schlader, PhD |
| 3:20 PM | 3:30 PM | D67: Arterial PCO2 during submersed prone exercise suggests attenuation of hypercapnia after respiratory muscle training: Nicholas Bartlett | |
| 0.5 | 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Plenary: UHM Fellows: Top articles in Undersea Medicine: Matthew Makowski, MD - Duke Fellow |
| 0.5 | 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Plenary: ADCI Medical Guidelines Update: Tony Alleman, MD |
| 0.5 | 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Posters: Session C: (C63-C64) & Session D: (D68-D83) & Session F: (F117) |
| SUNDAY, JUNE 18 | |||
| 1 | 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Davis Keynote: Historical perspective: Safety development; John Feldmeier, DO |
| 0.5 | 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | E100: Rapid discharge of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries at 1ATA and 3ATA: Chae Bliss, CHT |
| 0.2 | 9:30 AM | 9:40 AM | E92: GO/NO GO: A tool to eliminate the guesswork in determining which items may be allowed in a hyperbaric chamber: Jeff Mize RRT, CHT, UHMSADS |
| 0.2 | 9:40 AM | 9:50 AM | E98: A solution for clinical hyperbaric facilities to easily standardize, track and document routine safety inspections: Checklist-based digital task manager: Tiffany Hamm BSN, RN, ACHRN, CWS, UHMSADS |
| 9:50 AM | 10:00 AM | F123: Pneumorrhachis and pneumocephalus following epidural anesthesia for labor and delivery: A case report and systematic review: Michelle Cao, BA | |
| 0.5 | 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Plenary: Review of Emergency Decompression - bailouts: Sean Hardy, MD |
| 2 | 11:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Plenary: Risk & Liability in the hyperbaric department (technician, nurse, physician) Panel |
| 0.5 | 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Plenary: Session E: Pitfalls in hyperbaric facility safety management: Francois Burman, PR ENG, BSC (ENG), MSC |
| 0.2 | 2:30 PM | 2:40 PM | E88: A Case to Support the Routine Monitoring and Analysis of Breathing Gases Provided to the BIBS Line from Vendor Provided K Cylinder Storage: John Sullivan, CHT |
| 0.2 | 2:40 PM | 2:50 PM | E89: Barriers to 24/7 Availability and Emergent Clinical Capabilities of Hyperbaric Medicine Facilities: A Large-Scale Survey Study: John McGlynn, MD |
| 0.2 | 2:50 PM | 3:00 PM | E90: Strengths and Weaknesses of Monoplace vs Multiplace Chambers for Hyperbaric Critical Care: Ian Millar, MBBS |
| 0.5 | 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | Posters: Session D: (D84-D87) & Session E: (E88-E97; E99-E101) & Session F: (F102-F103) |
| 0.5 | 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Posters: Session F: (F104-F116; F118-F124) |
| 15 Total Cat. A credits | |||
Up to 5 Cat A credits for reviewing approved posters and submitting a quiz online at your leisure. Below is the list of the approved posters. Links will be provided after attendance.
- Friday, June 16: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
B 10: Retrospective assessment of the “Duke Mods”, An approach to reducing hyperbaric tender decompression sickness risk for multiplace chamber operations
Presenting Author: M. Claire Ellis - Friday, June 16: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
B 13: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy regimens, treated conditions, and adverse effect profile: A UHMS survey study
Presenting Author: Matteo Laspro, BA - Friday, June 16: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
B 15: Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy is associated with favorable outcome in iatrogenic cerebral arterial gas embolism: Individual patient data meta-analysis of observational studies
Presenting Author: Robert P. Weenink, CAPT (Navy), MD, PhD - Friday, June 16: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
B 21: Oxygen concentration in and around a monoplace hyperbaric chamber after emergency decompression and defibrillation safety
Presenting Author: Justin P. Meunier, MD - Friday, June 16: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
B 27: Assessing hyperbaric and undersea medicine physicians prescribing practices regarding HBO2 for non-emergent indications in patients who smoke
Presenting Author: Kaighley Brett, MD - Friday, June 16: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
B 30: A 19-year retrospective analysis of hyperbaric oxygen seizures
Presenting Author: Geness Koumandakis, RRT - Friday, June 16: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
B 31: Does slow and steady win the race? Consideration on optimal compression time
Presenting Author: Samuel Hawkins, MD - Friday, June 16: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
B 36: Safety and adverse events in a randomized, double-blind trial of hyperbaric oxygen for persistent symptoms after brain injury (HYBOBI-2)
Presenting Author: Rosemary Ziemnik, MS - Saturday, June 17: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
B 39: Myodesopsia after hyperbaric oxygen therapy: An unusual case report
Presenting Author: Sangwon Ko, MD - Saturday, June 17: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
B 43: CT perfusion patterns in iatrogenic cerebral arterial gas embolism: a retrospective cohort study
Presenting Author: R.A. Fakkert, MD - Saturday, June 17: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
C 57: Automated grading of venous gas emboli in Doppler ultrasound achieves human inter-rater agreement performance: A log-scale mel spectrogram-based deep learning approach
Presenting Author: Arian Azarang, PhD - Saturday, June 17: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
C 59: A PET compatible hyperbaric chamber for rodents to enable temporal and spatial monitoring of tissue nitrogen gas (nitrogen-13) in vivo
Presenting Author: Edward Ashworth, PhD - Saturday, June 17: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
C 60: Pathophysiology of cutis marmorata in porcine decompression sickness
Presenting Author: Aashay Patel, BSPH - Saturday, June 17: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
C 61: Stress and inflammation salivary analytes collected from standardized dives
Presenting Author: Rhiannon Brenner - Saturday, June 17: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
C 62: Measuring whole-body inert gas turnover
Presenting Author: Oscar Plogmark, MD, PhD student - Saturday, June 17: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
C 63: A quantitative approach to assess similarity between dives under the Bühlmann decompression algorithm constraints
Presenting Author: Josh Currens, BS - Saturday, June 17: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
D 72: Exercise-related drops in blood oxygen saturation to diagnose marginal decompression sickness cases
Presenting Author: Gabriela Morales, BSE - Saturday, June 17: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
D 74: Divers treated in Townsville, Australia: Worse symptoms lead to poorer outcomes
Presenting Author: Dr Denise F Blake, BN, MD, FRCPC, FACEM, PGDipMedSci (DHM), Dip DHM, PhD candidate - Saturday, June 17: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
D 77: Treatment of decompression sickness at Kawashima Orthopaedic Hospital
Presenting Author: Masayuki Kawashima, MD - Saturday, June 17: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
D 78: Lack of recompression facilities for diving injuries on the Central Gulf Coast
Presenting Author: Julio R. Garcia RN, BSN, ACHRN, WCC, FAPWCA - Saturday, June 17: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
D 82: From UPTD to ESOT: Monitoring hyperoxic exposure in surface-oriented diving
Presenting Author: Jan Risberg, MD, PhD - Saturday, June 17: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
D 83: State of the art review – Cardiac fitness assessment for diving in individuals with pre-existing asymptomatic coronary artery disease
Presenting Author: Weien Chow, MRCP, M.Med - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 88: A case to support the routine monitoring and analysis of breathing gases provided to the BIBS Line from vendor-provided K cylinder storage
Presenting Author: John Sullivan, CHT - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 89: Barriers to 24/7 availability and emergent clinical capabilities of hyperbaric medicine facilities: A large-scale survey study
Presenting Author: John J McGlynn, MD - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 90: Strengths and weaknesses of monoplace vs multiplace chambers for hyperbaric critical care
Presenting Author: Ian Millar, MBBS - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 91: Allowing emergency decompression for inside attendant during hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Presenting Author: Oscar Plogmark, MD, PhD student - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 93: Laptop-style POCUS machines in the multiplace HBO2 chamber
Presenting Author: Jenny Thacker, MD, FACEP - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 95: Evaluating the function and safety of a Bluetooth™ device in the multiplace hyperbaric environment
Presenting Author: Andrew Melnyczenko, BSHCA, CHT - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 96: Evaluation of an elastomeric respirator for use in the multiplace hyperbaric environment
Presenting Author: Heather Viste, BAN, RN - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 99: Predicting tidal volume of the Zoll Z Ventilator in a hyperbaric chamber
Presenting Author: Abigail Winn, MD - Sunday, June 18: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
E 101: How hard is it to change from lithium-ion to alkaline fuel cell in a portable device?
Presenting Author: Tony Turner, MAICD - Sunday, June 18: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
F 115: Altitude DCS treatment options
Presenting Author: Nathan Kwan, MAJ (Army), MD - Sunday, June 18: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
F 118: Acute cognitive impaired diver hyperbaric treatment effect: A case series
Presenting Author: Ian Kirby, MD, CCFP, UHM - Sunday, June 18: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
F 119: Case report of PFO closure in an occupational diver after Type II DCS
Presenting Author: Kaighley Brett, MD - Sunday, June 18: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
F 121: Alternate teatment For AGE when USN TT6 not feasible
Presenting Author: Shane Day, DO, MPH, MS, CP