Fundamental Theories and Primary Practices in Hyperbaric Medicine
hosted byWound Care Education Partners (WCEP)Fundamental Theories and Primary Practices in Hyperbaric Medicine is organized by Wound Care Education Partners (WCEP).
Course Objectives:
Practitioners will be able to describe guidelines for diagnosing and managing patients in the hyperbaric environment, important pre-treatment concerns prior to initiating hyperbaric oxygen treatment; understand how to manage the critically ill patient in the hyperbaric environment; know when to utilize advanced modalities in patient care, and display understanding of currently available literature/reports on cancer regrowth or recurrence after a course of HBO2; understand of the basic principles of wound care and hyperbaric medicine.
Online Learning Topics:
• History of Hyperbaric Medicine
• Wound Management
• Dive Tables and the Physics of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
• UHMS Approved Indications and Mechanisms of HBO
• Complications/contraindications and risks associated with HBO
• Understanding and Interpreting TcPO2 results
• Diabetes prevalence and implications in wound healing in the hyperbaric environment
• Intro to major dressings and compatibility with HBO
• Air decompression procedures
• HBO patient management, documentation, and quality improvement
• Hyperbaric systems, safety standards, fire science and safety, codes and standards
• Billing and Coding of Hyperbaric Medicine
• The economics of HBO – the well management service line
• Ethics in Hyperbaric Medicine
• Hyperbaric Safety and Emergency Procedures Patient Management.
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.
