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
RIS - H
y
per
bar
ic Ther
ap
y U
nit has the
honour of
in
v
i
ting y
ou t
o
att
end the X
V
In
te
r
national C
o
ng
r
ess of
H
y
per
bar
ic M
e
dicine
(ICHM) in Bar
c
elona,
Spain in Sept
ember
2005.
The pr
og
r
am offers an optimal c
o
mbination
o
f
scienc
e,
cultur
e,
and leisur
e in a pleasant ar
ea of
one of
the most e
x
citing and beautiful cities in
the M
e
dit
er
r
anean.
Scienc
e
The Cent
r
e
for U
n
der
wat
er R
e
c
o
v
e
r
ing and
R
esear
c
h
(Cent
r
e de R
e
cuper
ació i
d'I
nv
est
ig
a
cio
ns
Su
bmar
ines - CRIS) was
founded in 1953,
making it one of
the oldest
di
v
ing institutions in the w
o
rld.
The H
y
per
bar
ic
Ther
ap
y U
n
it (UTH),
is a v
e
r
y
acti
v
e
medical
institution sp
ecifical
ly dedicat
ed t
o
both di
v
ing
medicine and the non-di
v
ing-r
elat
ed clinical
applications of
H
y
per
bar
ic Oxygen Ther
ap
y
.
CRIS-UTH has par
ticipat
ed in al
l of
the
int
er
national meeting
s of
the specialt
y held in
Eu
ro
pe sinc
e 1978 and is w
i
dely c
o
nnect
ed w
ith
the major scientific organizations in the field,
suc
h
as the E
u
r
o
pean U
n
der
wat
er &
Bar
o
medical Societ
y
(EUBS),
the E
u
r
o
pean
Co
mmitt
ee for H
y
per
bar
ic M
e
dicine (ECHM),
the E
u
r
o
pean Di
v
ing T
e
c
hnolog
y
C
o
mmitt
ee
(EDT
C),
and D
AN-EUR
OP
E.
CRIS-UTH has
organiz
ed sinc
e 1980 c
ourses of
Di
v
ing and
Hy
per
bar
ic M
e
dicine,
and sinc
e 1988 ha
v
e
been
(C
ont
inued on P
a
ge 4)
FOUNDA
TION FOR THE INTERNA
TIONAL CONGRESS ON HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
This edition of
the N
e
wslett
er is br
oug
ht t
o
y
ou thr
oug
h the gener
osit
y of
Sec
h
r
ist I
n
dust
r
ies.
V
OL.
6 NO
.
1
F
ALL 2003
O
XIGENO
O
X
I
G
E
N
O
O
XIGENO
OFFICIAL NEW
SLET
TER
The XIV I
n
t
e
r
nat
ional C
o
ng
r
ess
On H
y
p
e
r
bar
ic M
e
dicine
he C
o
ng
r
ess c
o
n
v
ened at the hist
or
ic
W
estin St.
F
r
ancis hot
el,
S
an F
r
ancisc
o
,
Califor
nia,
USA fr
om Oct
o
ber 2-5,
2002.
The meeting was a g
r
eat suc
c
e
ss,
both
scient
ifical
ly
and sociall
y
.
N
inet
y-e
i
g
ht d
e
le-
gat
es fr
om 18 c
ount
r
ies r
e
g
ist
er
ed.
T
he delegat
e
w
ho t
r
a
v
eled the far
thest was fr
om R
e
union
I
sland (F
r
anc
e).
This island is east of
Ma
dagascar in the South I
ndian Oc
ean--a
distanc
e of
11,280 miles--essentially one-half
the wa
y ar
ound the w
o
rld!
Pr
e-c
ong
r
ess acti
v
i
ties included a post-
gra
d
uat
e c
ourse moder
a
t
e
d b
y
Dr
.
P
aul
Sheffield.
This one-da
y c
ourse pr
o
v
ided a
gener
al o
v
er
v
i
ew of
the field of
h
y
per
bar
ic
medicine and was ac
claimed b
y
the par
tici-
pants.
T
o
m W
o
r
kman,
int
er
national
author
i
t
y
on c
hamber desig
n and safet
y
,
c
o
nduct
e
d an
outstanding w
o
r
kshop on c
hamber safet
y on
the mor
ning of
Oct
o
ber 2nd.
The aft
er
noon
wo
r
kshop was entitled
"H
y
p
er
bar
ic
Oxygenation for Cer
e
br
al P
alsy and the B
r
ain-
injur
ed Child.
"
I
t was organiz
ed and moder
a
t
e
d
by
J
im J
o
iner
,
P
r
esident of
Best P
u
blishing
Co
mpan
y
.
T
w
o panels discussed the pr
os and
co
ns of
the use of
HB
O (h
y
p
er
bar
ic o
x
ygen) in
this ser
ious clinical disor
d
er
.
Te
n e
xhibit
ors,
r
e
pr
esenting major v
e
ndors
in the field,
displa
y
e
d their pr
oducts and
ser
v
ic
es.
Ther
e was a t
otal of
130 par
ticipants.
The social pr
og
r
am kick
e
d off
the festi
v
ities on
(C
ont
inued on P
a
ge 6)
T
C
4225 East LaP
alma A
ven
ue
,
Anaheim,
CA 92807
T
elephone:
(714) 579-8400 F
a
x:
(714) 579-0814
www
.Sec
hristUSA.com
During these 30 years, Sechrist Industries,
Inc. has been a leading worldwide
manufacturer
of
hyperbaric chamber
systems, neonatal, infant, and pediatric
intensive care ventilators,
and air/oxygen mixers along
with other ancillary acces-
sories. Renown for its high
quality
, reliability
, and depend-
ability
, Sechrist Industries has
manufactured and sold over three times
as many monoplace chambers as all
other manufacturers combined.
In addition, Sechrist sells its products
each year to over 120 countries around
the world. All products are manufac-
tured in accordance with FDA
and GMP regulations.
Sechrist also implements the
Sechrist Quality Assurance
program which is certified to
ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and EN
46001 standards. Many Sechrist prod-
ucts bear CE marking as Class I, Class 2a,
and Class 2b medical devices.
