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DIVING
MEDICINE Medicine is
your passport to travel the world and your elective is a time when you can
immerse (no pun intended!) yourself in another culture like you have probably
never been able to before. But it is even more than that. You can get involved
in any speciality or aspect of medicine no matter how obscure. Some might
consider this article to be the guide to the ultimate diving holiday, but it is
actually designed to help provide contacts for those that really are interested
in the medical aspects of diving. When thinking about applying to a particular
institution, consider which components of diving medicine interest you. Do you
want diving research (mainly physiology), training (medic diver qualifications),
performing “fitness to dive” medicals or do you want to be involved in
treating diving related injuries. Remember he actual provision of medical care
will only occur if there is a problem so basing yourself at a decompression
chamber (which does nothing else) may provide weeks of inactivity. Ideally you
should be somewhere that has a number of aspects of diving medicine or somewhere
with an affiliated hospital enabling you to see other patients as well.
Being in the Navy obviously opens another avenue. Arranging your
elective is all about knowing the right people or doing the research to find
them…here are some useful tips on where to look: General Diving Medical Sites: · Diving Medicine Online - http://www.scuba-doc.com This is an excellent (though difficult to navigate) site that has information on everything from diving with asthma to diving with a coronary stent. It also lists all the decompression chambers and dive medicine centres country by country ·
Divers’
Alert Network – www.diversalertnetwork.org
- This is really the official website for diver safety giving advice to civilian
divers. It also has information on training and research. ·
The Undersea and
Hyperbaric Medicine Society – www.uhms.org
- The UHMS is an international, non-profit organisation whose members are mostly
hyperbaric scientists and physicians. ·
European Underwater and
Baromedical Society (EUBS) - http://www.eubs.org/
- this gives links to The European Journal of Underwater and Hyperbaric
Medicine. Diving Medicine in the U.K.:
Red Sea: ·
The Sharm El Sheikh Hyperbaric Medical Centre
(Tel: +20 (69) 660 922/-3, Fax: +20 (69) 661 011) is based in the busiest dive
area of the Red Sea and is happy to take elective students and foreign doctors
with an interest in diving medicine (for more detailed information see the
Elective Report by Kevin Bailey www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/1001/life/385.html) Saudi Arabia:
USA: Australia and the South Pacific: ·
The South
Pacific Underwater Medicine Society – www.spums.org.au
- This is the main site for Oceania with information on dive centres in the
region and courses that tend to be run in Australia. It also has a journal
section from which you may well be able to find who is doing the type of
research your interested in. ·
The Luganville Hospital, Luganville, Espirito
Santo Island, Vanuatu is the hyperbaric chamber for the pacific islands
(fantastic electives have been had here!) Other Useful
sites: www.bsac.com - The British Sub Aqua club’s home site. ·
www.padi.com = PADI’s
homesite All the above links and further
information on dive and adventure medicine can be found on www.medicstravel.com
Mark Wilson is author of The Medic’s Guide To Work and Electives Around the World (Arnold Publishers) and runs www.medicstravel.com as well as being a keen diver. |
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For more information on the hospitals/organisations
above check out The Medic's Guide to Work and Electives Around the World
Medics Travel
is for doctors, nurses, medical/nursing
students and other health professionals wanting to plan work and electives with hospitals,
NGOs and charities overseas. It also lists government and
recruitment agencies and has updates for the ultimate guide - The
Medics Guide to Work and Electives Around the World - good luck in
your travels...and please update this site when you come back!!! |
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