International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine ICHM newsletter Page 2
Fa
ll 2003
Pa
g
e
2
HB
O CONGRESS
OX
Y
GEN
is the Official N
e
wslett
er of
the F
oundation
for the I
n
t
e
r
national C
o
ng
r
ess on H
y
per
bar
ic M
e
dicine.
Offic
ers of
the F
oundation ar
e:
J.
Desola
P
r
esident
Spain
D.
B
akk
er
Ex
ecut
i
v
e D
i
r
e
c
t
or
The N
e
therlands
C.
Gao
P
r
esident-Elect
China
F.
Cr
amer
P
ast P
r
esident/Secr
e
tar
y-T
r
easur
er
USA
M.
Bennett
M
e
mber
-at-large
A
ust
r
alia
J.
Chen
M
e
mber
-at-large
China
J.
Fe
ldmeier
M
ember
-at-large
USA
M.
K
a
washima M
e
mber
-at-large
J
apan
L.
Lampl
M
e
mber
-at-large
Ger
m
an
y
F.
Lind
M
e
mber
-at-large
Sw
e
d
e
n
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ewslett
er mat
er
ial is c
o
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y
r
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h
t
e
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oundation,
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that almost one
y
ear has passed sinc
e the XIV I
n
t
e
r
national
Co
ng
r
ess in San F
r
ancisc
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The past y
ear has been
an e
x
citing one her
e
in the U
nit
ed Stat
es as w
e
ll as
abr
o
ad.
T
he ne
xt C
o
ng
r
ess in Bar
c
elona is no
w
just tw
o y
ears a
w
a
y
and plans ar
e w
e
ll under
wa
y
.
In the U
nit
ed Stat
es,
the r
e
imbursement b
y
our feder
al go
v
e
r
nment (M
edicar
e) has impr
o
v
e
d
dr
amatical
ly dur
ing the past y
ear and a new
cat
eg
or
yo
f
diabetic foot ulc
ers has been list
ed.
In
addition,
a n
umber of
stat
es ha
v
e
appr
o
v
ed
neur
olog
ical c
o
nditions in c
h
ildr
en for appr
o
v
al
by
the stat
e M
e
dicaid.
Ma
ny
smal
l hospitals,
including m
y
o
w
n,
ar
e including h
y
per
bar
ic medicine in their list of
ser
v
ic
es.
D
r
.
Lindell
W
e
a
v
er fr
om Salt Lak
e C
i
t
y
re
ce
ntly published a landmar
k paper in the
pr
estig
ious
N
e
w
E
n
g
land J
our
nal of
M
e
dicine.
This was a pr
ospecti
v
e
,
r
andomiz
ed t
r
ial
in
v
o
l
v
ing the management of
car
bon mono
xide
poisoning w
ith HB
O
.
I
t
is no
w clinically
pr
o
v
en that HB
O is the optima ther
a
p
y
for this
co
mmon,
life-thr
eat
ening c
o
ndition.
Ne
ur
olog
ical c
o
nditions c
o
ntin
ue t
o
be on
the for
e
fr
ont of
new applications of
HB
O
,
both
in c
hildr
en and adults.
The U
nit
ed Stat
es
Co
ng
r
ess is acti
v
e
ly pursuing an initiati
v
e
t
o
in
v
o
l
v
e the N
a
tional I
nstitut
e of
H
ealth in
funding r
esear
c
h
int
o this and other pot
e
ntial
applications of
HB
O
.
I am pleased t
o
announc
e that the
Pr
oc
eeding
s of
the XIV ICHM in San F
r
ancisc
o
ar
e no
w in pr
int and a
v
ailable fr
om Best
Pu
blishing C
o
mpan
y
.
The P
r
oc
eeding
s fr
om the
1999 C
o
ng
r
ess in K
o
be,
J
apan ar
e cur
r
e
ntly in
pr
oduc
tion and w
i
l
l
also be a
v
ailable fr
om Best
Pu
blishing C
o
mpan
y in the v
e
r
y
near futur
e
.
Sales of
the new book,
Hy
p
e
r
b
a
r
i
c
S
u
r
g
e
r
y
:
Pe
r
i
o
p
e
r
a
t
ive Car
e
ar
e going v
e
r
y
w
e
ll.
A
l
l
ro
y
alties fr
om this book ar
e dedicat
ed t
o
the
publication of
earlier P
r
oc
eeding
s,
whic
h ar
e no
longer in pr
int.
I look for
war
d t
o
seeing e
v
er
y
o
ne in
Bar
c
elona in 2005.
Best r
e
gar
ds,
Fr
ed C
r
amer
,
Edit
or
I
HB
O CONGRESS
Pa
g
e
7
Fa
ll 2003
the ne
xt C
o
ng
r
ess in Bar
c
elona,
Spain in 2005.
This w
i
ll be a joint meeting w
ith the E
u
r
o
pean
Un
der
wat
er & Bar
o
medical Societ
y
.
Dr
.
Gao
,
P
r
esident of
the Chinese H
y
per
bar
ic
Me
dical Societ
y
,
i
n
v
it
ed the C
o
ng
r
ess t
o
Beijing
,
China in 2008.
The Go
v
e
r
n
ors unanimously
appr
o
v
ed this in
v
itation.
This w
i
ll be the sec
o
nd
Co
ng
r
ess t
o
be held in China (XI,
1993) and ma
y
be c
o
n
v
ened in c
o
njunction w
ith the Oly
mpic
games--a bon
us for the int
er
national delegat
es.
Fo
llo
w
ing the lunc
heon,
D
r
.
Bakk
er
,
Ex
ecuti
v
e Dir
e
ct
or
,
c
on
v
e
ned the Ex
ecuti
v
e
Co
mmitt
ee.
N
ew members ar
e M
i
k
e
Bennett,
A
ust
r
alia,
Lor
e
nz
e Lampl,
Ger
man
y
,
J
ohn
Fe
ldmeier
,
U
.S.A.,
and M
ahit
o K
a
washima,
J
apan.
C
o
ntin
uing members ar
e J
o
r
di Desola,
Spain,
as P
r
esident,
Dr
.
Gao
,
C
hina,
as
Pr
esident-elec
t
,
and Dr
.
C
r
amer
,
as P
a
st-pr
esi-
dent and Secr
e
tar
y-T
r
easur
er
.
C
ontin
u
ing as
Me
mbers-at-Large ar
e F
olk Lind,
S
w
eden and
J
ianh
ui Chen,
C
hina.
Distinguished delegat
es in att
endanc
e
included Dr
.
N
eil H
ampson,
P
r
esident of
the
Un
dersea & H
y
per
bar
ic M
e
dical Societ
y
,
D
r
.
M
asahik
o Onda,
P
r
esident of
the J
apanese
Societ
y
of
H
y
per
bar
ic M
e
dicine,
Dr
.
Gao
,
Pr
esident-elec
t
fr
om China,
and Dr
.
R
on
Bang
asser
,
P
r
esident-elec
t
of
the Califor
nia
Me
dical Societ
y
.
The P
r
oc
eeding
s include 48 c
o
mplet
e
pap
ers
that w
e
r
e
submitt
ed for publication b
y
the dele-
gat
es in att
endanc
e.
The
y
ar
e list
ed in the or
der of
their pr
esentation.
On behalf
of
the scientific
organizing c
o
mmitt
ee I am pleased t
o
br
ing them
to
y
ou.
Fr
eder
ick S.
C
r
amer
,
P
r
esident
XIV I
n
t
e
r
national C
o
ng
r
ess
On H
y
per
bar
ic M
e
dicine
San F
r
ancisc
o
,
Califor
nia,
USA
ICHM W
e
bsit
e:
www
.ic
hm.net
Secr
etar
iat E-M
ail:
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amer@xit.net
in the hist
or
ic C
olonial ballr
oom of
the hot
el.
D
r
.
Pa
ul C
ianci,
int
er
nationally r
e
no
w
n
e
x
per
t
in the
r
ole of
HB
O in the t
r
eat
ment of
ther
mal bur
ns,
re
ce
iv
ed the pr
estig
ious Boer
ema
A
war
d.
This
was pr
esent
ed b
y
Dr
.
M
ic
hael St
r
auss.
Dr
.
D
esola
ac
c
e
pt
ed the c
e
r
e
monial ga
v
e
l as the inc
oming
Pr
esident.
The C
o
ng
r
ess was officially opened w
ith
ce
re
monies on Th
ursda
y mor
ning
,
O
c
t
ober 3r
d.
The k
e
ynot
e sp
eak
er was Dr
.
H
aile T
.
Debas,
Dean of
the Sc
hool of
M
e
dicine at the U
n
i
v
ersit
y
of
Califor
n
ia,
San F
r
ancisc
o
.
Dr
.
D
ebas
we
lc
omed the delegat
es t
o
San F
r
ancisc
o and
stat
ed that his r
esidency in gener
al surger
y was in
V
anc
ou
v
e
r
,
Canada--the sit
e of
the
V
In
te
r
national C
o
ng
r
ess in 1973.
Fo
llo
w
ing Dr
.
D
ebas
'
s
r
e
mar
ks,
a shor
t
pr
esidential
a
d
d
r
ess was g
i
v
e
n.
The title was
"
T
he
In
te
r
national C
o
ng
r
ess on H
y
per
bar
ic
Me
dicine--
A
V
i
r
t
ual Org
anization for the 21st
Centur
y
.
"
T
he C
o
ng
r
ess is the oldest h
y
per
bar
ic
medicine org
anization in the w
o
rld w
ith the first
Co
ng
r
ess being held in
A
mst
er
dam in 1963.
Fo
llo
w
ing a r
e
v
i
ew of
the hist
or
y of
ICHM,
emphasis was plac
e
d on the fact that the
Co
ng
r
ess has no paid emplo
y
e
es or offic
e,
w
ith a
subsequent v
e
r
y
lo
w o
v
er
head.
Eac
h
C
o
ng
r
ess is
separ
at
ely org
aniz
ed and financ
ed b
y
the
Pr
esident and the host c
ount
r
y
.
Dr
.
D
ir
k J
an Bakk
er
,
M
edical Dir
e
ct
or of
the
Un
iv
ersit
y of
A
mst
er
dam M
e
dical Cent
er
,
T
he
Ne
therlands,
pr
esent
ed the Boer
ema lectur
e.
Dr
.
Bakk
er is a pr
otégé of
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