MEDICAL ASPECTS OF
RECREATIONAL TECHNICAL DIVING
International Symposium
A Satellite Event of the
International Conference on Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
A Joint Meeting of the EUBS and the ICHM
Barcelona 10-11 September 2005
Organized by DAN-EUROPE-Iberica and CRIS-UTH
Open to Recreational and Professional Divers, Medical Doctors, Diving and Hyperbaric Technicians
Director : Jordi Desola (Spain)
Chairmen : Alessandro Marroni (Italy) and Frans Cronje (South Africa)
Panel: Noemi Bitterman (Israel), Bill Hamilton (USA), Jacek Kot (Poland), Pasquale Longobardi (Italy), Juerg Wendling (Switzerland)
REGISTRATION FEE:
150 Euros. Includes documentation, simultaneous translation, coffee-breaks, and Up-date Certification.
COMBINED REGISTRATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
Those attending the International Conference will benefit of a 100 Euros reduction in the Registration Fee of the Symposium. If they are registered in another Satellite event, the reduction will be of 50 Euros.
TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT. Everything will be managed by :
AOPC / BCN-HYP-2005 – Av. Drassanes 6 -19th flour – E-08001 Barcelona.
Tel: +34-933-027-541
Fax: +34-933-011-255
E‑Mail: congress@aopc.es
INFORMATION AND DEFINITIVE PROGRAMME.
This programme may be slightly modified. Frequent consultation to the Satellite Events section of the website of the International Conference is highly recommended ).
PROGRAMME – Saturday 10 September
14-15 h. Accreditation
15:00 What Is Recreational Technical Diving. Motivation. Apparatus.
16:30 Discussion
17:00 Coffee-break
17:30 Prevention of accidents in technical diving. Profiles, oxygen pressure, gas diluents, decompression procedures.
17:00 Medical Assessment of fitness to Technical Diving
18:00 Discussion
19:00 End of the first journey
Sunday 11 September 2005
09:00 Main causes of accident in technical diving. Statistics.
11:00 Coffee-break
11:30 Improving the safety of recreational technical diving
13:30 General Discussion
14:00 End of Symposium
