OVERVIEW

Decompression Sickness is organized by Wound Care Education Partners (WCEP).

Course Overview:
The goals of this online course are to educate the audience as to the physics & physiology effect of hyperbaric exposure and to explain the mechanism and types of injury associated with hyperbaric and diving operations. A description of the signs & symptoms and treatments of both Type I & II DCS is also included as well as defining the treatment tables for DCS & AGE.

Course Contents:
This course consists of two video lectures, each followed by a short quiz.

Video 1: Decompression Sickness, taught by Dr. Helen Gelly
Objectives:
• History of Diving
• Decompression Sickness (DCS)
• Etiology of DCS, physics
• Decompression Illness (DCI), type I, type II, treatment,
• AGE vs. DCS
• Risk factors for DCS, symptoms, management, treatment

Video 2: Latest Research on DCS taught by Dr. Christopher Logue
Objectives
• Understand and explain the basic physics and physiological concepts relating to decompression sickness.
• Understand the "classical" view of DCS.
• Be aware of the latest research relating to the pathophysiology of DCS.
• Define microparticle.
• Understand and explain how endothelial dysfunction may play a role in DCS.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.