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Diving in the Era of COVID-19

2 months 3 days ago By My Minion

Thankfully, he did not require a ventilator and recovered after approximately two weeks in the hospital.

Comparing the Performance of First Aid Oxygen Delivery Systems

3 months 1 week ago By My Minion

Constant flow systems have flow meters with settings ranging from 0.5 to 25 liters per minute (L∙min^-1).

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Oban Chamber has busy 2019

5 months 1 week ago By Rosemary E Lunn

This resulted in 39 hyperbaric sessions, because some of the divers needed several therapy sessions.

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Maintaining a NHS-registered chamber is obviously of vital importance to many businesses. Martin Sayer

Bill Hamilton Research Grant, DAN, Divers Alert Network, Petar Denoble, Rosemary E Lunn, Roz Lunn, X-Ray Mag, XRay Magazine, Dr Virginie Papadopoulou, Daniel Popa, Dr Jens-Christian Meiners, Dick Vann, Neal Pollock

Time to apply for the 2020 DAN / Hamilton Research Grant

5 months 3 weeks ago By Rosemary E Lunn

At the time of the announcement, the grant was scheduled to run until 2020. It is not known if this is the last time this grant will be issued.

Previous Recipients

2016 - Unknown
2017 - Dr Virginie Papadopoulou
2018 - Daniel Popa, MD, PhD
2019 - Dr Jens-Christian Meiners

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Diving Docs warn using SCUBA when freediving can be fatal

6 months 3 days ago By Rosemary E Lunn

The Australian authors - Dr Neil Banham (lead) and Dr John Lippmann - reported that a 26 year-old healthy male freediver dived to 10 m / 32.8 ft where he met a friend who was diving on scuba.

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Tributes are paid to Dr Fiona Sharp

8 months 2 weeks ago By Rosemary E Lunn

A report on social media stated that the 55-year-old diver was ascending from a 91.5 mt / 300 ft solo rebreather dive in Bonaire, and was found unresponsive on the reef at 24 mt / 80 ft with the loop out of her mouth.

A Dandy

Always smartly dressed in bright colours, her outfits matched her personality, a bright light and a true force of nature. Nicky Finn, AP Diving

Fiona was always like a storm blowing through in the best possible ways. Lee Ann Hires, Dive Rite

She was just a bundle of untamed energy. Lars Bosman

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London Diving Chamber to close

1 year 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Just over a year ago, on Monday 15th January 2018, NHS England launched a 30 day public consultation to review

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Dr Adel to be inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame

1 year 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Dr Adel Mohamed Taher has looked after the health of thousands of scuba divers and dive Pros in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for more than two decades.

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Dr Simon Mitchell now edits 'Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine' Journal

1 year 6 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Professor Simon J Mitchell is Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at the School of Medicine,

Older scuba divers at risk of heart attack

1 year 11 months ago By Annie Won

Cardiac issues have become a leading factor in diving fatalities, according to a study.

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Kernagis receives 2018 UHMS Young Scientist / Medical Doctor Award

2 years 4 days ago By Rosemary E Lunn

This award is presented at the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society annual symposium to an individual UHMS member.

UHMS to live stream 2018 annual scientific meeting

2 years 1 week ago By Rosemary E Lunn

This is the first time that the UHMS has provided live streaming access to this meeting

Apply now for Hamilton Dive Medicine Research Grant

2 years 2 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Hamilton worked with some interesting people, including cutting edge explorers such as Sheck Exley.

DDRC Healthcare launches cancer survey

2 years 4 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

DDRC Healthcare is a medical treatment, training and research not-for-profit organisation, based in Plymouth UK.

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NHS England Launches Review Of Hyperbaric Chambers

2 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

NHS England believes that hyperbaric oxygen is currently over provided, at an unnecessary cost to tax payers, and they propose to reduce the number of hyperbaric chambers from ten to eight.

Hawaii hyperbaric chamber remains closed

2 years 6 months ago By Scott Bennett

The Hyperbaric Treatment Center, located at Kuakini Medical Center in Honolulu and operated by the University of Hawaii under the John A. Burns School of Medicine, closed in October 2017 due to a shortage of doctors able to staff the facility.