The South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society
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SPUMS promotion slides SPUMS promotion slides 1 December 2012 December 2012 The South Pacific The South Pacific Underwater Medicine Underwater Medicine Society Society Is this a society you should Is this a society you should belong to? belong to?
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The South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society. Is this a society you should belong to?. Who are we?. A group of doctors and allied professionals with a shared interest in Diving and diving medicine Hyperbaric medicine The marine environment Membership around 550 at present - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The South Pacific Underwater The South Pacific Underwater Medicine SocietyMedicine Society
Is this a society you should belong Is this a society you should belong to?to?
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Who are we?Who are we? A group of doctors and allied professionals with a A group of doctors and allied professionals with a
shared interest inshared interest in Diving and diving medicineDiving and diving medicine Hyperbaric medicineHyperbaric medicine The marine environmentThe marine environment
Membership around 550 at presentMembership around 550 at present The majority are general practitioners who dive or have The majority are general practitioners who dive or have
a specific interest in the fielda specific interest in the field Diving physicians – military and civilianDiving physicians – military and civilian Hyperbaric physicians – approximately 80% of all Hyperbaric physicians – approximately 80% of all
hyperbaric physicians in Australia and New Zealandhyperbaric physicians in Australia and New Zealand
Most of us are from Australia and New Zealand, Most of us are from Australia and New Zealand, but moderate numbers from Asia and the USAbut moderate numbers from Asia and the USA
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What is the purpose of our What is the purpose of our society?society?• To promote and facilitate information and To promote and facilitate information and
research on all aspects of underwater and research on all aspects of underwater and hyperbaric medicine hyperbaric medicine
• To provide information to all interested To provide information to all interested groups (diving organisations, industry, the groups (diving organisations, industry, the military, individual divers)military, individual divers)
• To promote exchange of information To promote exchange of information between members and to publish a between members and to publish a quarterly Journal quarterly Journal
• To convene members annually at a To convene members annually at a Scientific Conference Scientific Conference
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What do we do?www.spums.org
An annual scientific meeting – a week long meeting, usually at a dive location
An up-to-date list of trained dive physicians
Training and a diploma in Diving and Hyperbaric medicine
The journal and the SPUMS diving medical advice
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The journal ‘Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine’ is the official journal of both SPUMS and the European Undersea and Baromedical Society (EUBS).
It is indexed on the ISI web of science (SciSearch™) and Embase/Scopus.
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SPUMS 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting
22 − 29 September 2012
Venue: St Gilles les Bains, Réunion Island
Themes:
Multiple themes are being developed for this tri-continental meeting of SPUMS, the European Underwater and Baromedical Society and the Southern African
Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine Society
Workshop theme: Diagnosis and treatment of mild decompression sickness
Registration opens from 09 January 2013
For further information go to:www.reunion2013.org
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A list of available courses
Details of the College of Anaesthetists certification
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SPUMS members get to dive in all sorts of places…(The President in Antarctica)
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…and meet all sorts of interesting divers
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Fill out an on-line membership application at spums.org, or email our secretary at [email protected]
or e-mail [email protected]
You too can be a SPUMS member for only $175.00
a year
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Why aren’t you here with us?
