International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine ICHM newsletter Page 4
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wi
ll ha
v
e
the valuable c
o
llabor
ation of
the
Bar
c
elona C
o
n
v
ention B
u
r
eau,
a y
oung acti
v
e
and
pr
omotional org
anization that w
i
l
l
e
xplain in
details e
v
ents and acti
v
i
t
es dur
ing the c
o
nfer
enc
e
.
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l
c
o
me t
o
Bar
c
elona !
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lc
ome t
o
Catalonia !
We
lc
ome t
o
Spain !
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lc
ome t
o
the M
e
dit
er
r
anean !
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l
c
o
me t
o
E
u
r
o
pe !
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lc
ome t
o
the X
V
I
n
t
e
r
national C
o
ng
r
ess
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y
per
bar
ic M
e
dicine !
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r
fur
ther infor
mation c
o
ntact:
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r
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.,
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HYPERB
ARIC SUR
GER
Y
Pe
r
i
o
p
e
r
a
t
iv
e
Car
e
By
Dir
k J
an Bakk
er
,
M
D
,
PhD
,
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e
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e
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O
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to
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e
xt.
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ended for the
pr
a
c
t
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urg
eo
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v
ailab
ilit
y o
f
a
hy
per
bar
ic c
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xpanding field of
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HB
O CONGRESS
Pa
g
e
5
Fa
ll 2003
c
ouple of
y
ears ago in what w
i
ll be a major e
v
ent
in the field of
di
v
ing and h
y
per
bar
ic medicine.
C
ultur
e
The c
o
nfer
enc
e
w
i
ll be held in a mor
e
than a
2000-y
ear
-old hist
or
ical cit
y
;
at the same time,
it
is one of
the
most moder
n
in the souther
n
E
u
r
o
pe.
As
a v
e
n
ue for this C
o
ng
r
ess w
e
w
i
ll sho
w y
o
u
ho
w Bar
c
elona is a good c
o
mbination of
t
r
adition,
hist
or
y
,
ar
t,
and hig
h t
e
c
hnolog
ical de
v
e
lopment,
among whic
h di
v
ing and h
y
per
bar
ic medicine
pla
ys an impor
tant r
ole.
W
e
w
i
ll tak
e special car
e of
shar
ing w
ith y
ou some par
t of
our t
r
aditions,
w
ith
the aim of
making it easy t
o
understand the
meaning of
the M
e
dit
e
r
r
anean cultur
e
in the fr
ame
of
one of
its best r
e
pr
esentations.
Leisur
e
Pr
omising y
ou that Bar
c
elona is a beautiful
cit
y
w
ith a t
r
emendous amount t
o
offer in all
ar
eas can appear r
e
dundant.
E
v
er
y
o
ne has hear
d
ab
ou
t
our suc
c
essful Oly
mpic Games,
the incr
ed-
ible Gaudi's ar
c
hit
ectur
e
,
the famous Picasso
M
useum,
or the largest R
o
manic M
useum in the
wo
rld,
but y
ou w
i
ll also disc
o
v
er a hig
h offer in
other pleasant acti
v
i
ties lik
e spor
ts,
m
usic,
sig
ht-
seeing
,
a
nd ar
ts.
Of
c
ourse,
if
y
ou w
ish,
w
e
w
i
ll include some
pr
e- and post-t
ours ful
ly dedicat
ed t
o
di
v
ing
,
sailing
,
o
r fishing
,
b
ut w
e
also suggest y
ou e
nlarge
y
our v
isit b
y
disc
o
v
er
ing other impor
tant
h
y
p
e
r
-
bar
ic facilities that ar
e locat
ed in v
e
r
y
beautiful
and pleasant mar
ine cities,
lik
e
Alicant
e,
M
alag
a,
Ma
ll
or
ca,
or Santander
.
The C
o
ng
r
ess
All acti
v
i
ties w
i
ll tak
e plac
e
at the
W
o
rld
Tr
ade Cent
r
e
,
a
new moder
n
building r
e
c
e
ntly
co
nst
r
u
ct
ed t
o
host this kind of
acti
v
i
t
y
.
I
t is
locat
ed in the har
bour ar
ea,
just in fr
ont of
the
sea,
and it is c
o
n
v
eniently c
o
nnect
ed w
ith the
main c
e
nt
r
al and per
i
pher
al par
ts of
the cit
y
.
The
Wo
rld T
r
ade Cent
r
e
pr
o
v
ides both a hot
el facilit
y
,
w
ith c
o
nfer
enc
e
r
o
oms for all att
e
ndants of
a
meeting lik
e ICHM,
and a nic
e audit
or
ium w
ith
al
l kind of
media.
to
the indications ac
c
e
pt
ed in the USA.
Dur
ing
this meeting the ga
v
e
l of
the P
r
esidency of
the
Eu
ro
pean C
o
mmitt
ee (ECHM) was passed on t
o
Dir
k
J
an Bakk
er b
y
F
r
ancis
W
att
el,
w
ho had been
Pr
esident for mor
e
than tw
el
v
e
y
ears and did a lot
of
impr
essi
v
e
w
o
r
k
,
s
ometimes almost as a
missionar
y
,
in h
y
per
b
ar
ic medicine in E
u
r
o
pe.
Fo
rt
unat
ely
,
he w
i
l
l
sp
end time t
e
ac
hing at the
re
ce
ntly founded Sc
hool of
Bar
o
medicine at the
Un
i
v
e
r
sit
y of
M
a
lta.
The UHMS met in La J
o
lla,
Califor
nia in
J
une,
b
ut unfor
tunat
e
ly
,
I
did not ha
v
e
the oppor-
tunit
y t
o
att
end that meeting
.
Finally
,
I
did v
isit the EUBS meeting in
Br
uges,
Belg
ium,
A
r
t Capital of
E
u
r
o
pe,
this y
ear
,
in the early da
ys of
Sept
ember 2002.
The
Pr
esidency was in the t
r
ust
ed hands of
P
e
t
e
r
Ger
m
onpr
e.
The E
u
r
o
pean C
o
mmitt
ee (ECHM)
org
aniz
ed
a
wo
r
kshop on the use of
h
y
per
bar
ic
ox
yg
en
in
Onc
olog
y
(not r
a
diation) w
ith the
par
t
ici
pat
io
no
fs
ome w
e
ll-kno
w
n
E
u
r
o
pean
scientists.
The c
o
nclusion was that this is not y
e
t
a subject for a c
o
nsensus meeting;
per
haps in the
near futur
e
.
Then,
it was about time t
o
t
r
a
v
el t
o
San
Fr
ancisc
o wher
e this M
e
mo star
t
e
d.
This is but a selection of
h
y
per
bar
ic meeting
s
that w
e
r
e
org
aniz
ed in these y
ears;
the ones that
I was able t
o
v
isit in some capacit
y
or another
.
Last,
but c
e
r
tainly not least,
w
e
can announc
e
the pr
esentation of
a new book,
titled
Hy
p
e
r
b
a
r
ic S
u
r
g
e
r
y
:
P
e
r
i
ope
r
at
ive C
a
r
e
,e
dit
ed
by
Fr
ed C
r
amer and m
y
self
and published b
y
Best P
u
blishing C
o
mpan
y
,
in Flag
staff,
A
r
iz
ona;
www
.bestpub
.c
om.
T
he official pr
esentation of
the book t
o
ok plac
e
on the v
e
r
y
first da
y of
the
int
er
national meeting in San F
r
ancisc
o
.
The nic
e
thing about this book,
besides that it has good
qualit
y pr
inting and man
y c
olor pic
tur
es t
o
pr
esent the subject,
is that all the c
o
nt
r
i
but
o
rs
did so w
ithout asking an honor
a
r
i
um.
I
f
this
book mak
es a pr
ofit w
e
,
as Ex
ecuti
v
e C
o
mmitt
ee
of
the I
n
t
e
r
national C
o
ng
r
ess,
w
i
ll use this
mone
y t
o
r
e
pr
int old P
r
oc
eeding
s that ar
e no
longer a
v
ailable.
Also
,
the R
ussian P
r
oc
eeding
s
fr
om 1980 ha
v
e
been t
r
anslat
ed
and w
i
ll be
published w
ith this mone
y
.
I think that this is a
unique pr
oject in whic
h w
r
it
ers and edit
ors ar
e
Fa
ll 2003
Pa
g
e
4
HB
O CONGRESS
wo
r
king t
o
gether
,
w
ithout an honor
a
r
i
um,
t
o
offer the oppor
t
unit
y t
o
lear
n something about
the hist
or
y and the
"
old"
scientific w
o
r
k
in
hy
per
bar
ic medicine.
W
a
sn
'
t
it the old R
o
man
la
wy
er
,
C
ic
er
o
,
who w
r
ot
e:
"H
e who does not
kno
w hist
or
y is doomed t
o
r
e
peat it?"
Bar
c
elona in 2005 seems a long wa
y t
o
go
.
Don
'
t be mistak
en b
y
that.
Star
t pr
epar
ing
y
our
se
lf
by
thinking and planning ahead about
Y
OUR c
o
nt
r
i
bution t
o
this e
x
citing C
o
ng
r
ess.
I
t
wi
ll be held at one of
the oldest,
most
pic
t
ur
esque E
u
r
o
pean cities--Bar
c
e
lona,
Spain.
I hope t
o
see y
ou all ther
e and on man
y oc
ca-
sions befor
e
that.
Dir
k
J
an Bakk
er
Ex
e
c
ut
iv
e D
i
r
e
c
t
or
In
te
r
national C
o
ng
r
ess
on H
y
per
bar
ic M
e
dicine
A
mst
er
dam,
The N
e
therlands
The X
V
I
n
t
e
r
nat
ional C
o
ng
r
ess
On H
y
p
e
r
bar
ic M
e
dicine
Pr
esident
'
s M
essage
(C
ont
inued fr
om P
a
ge 1)
included in the doct
or
al pr
og
r
amme of
the
Un
iv
ersit
y of
Bar
c
elona,
and sinc
e 2001 ac
hie
v
e
d
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