UKDMC BHA Conference 2017
Venue: Jurys Inn Birmingham 245 Broad Street Birmingham B1 2HQ
Thursday 19 October 2017
Session 1
Moderators Phil Bryson & Peter Wilmshurst
08:30 | 08:45 | Introduction to conference | Mark Glover |
08:45 | 09:15 | Cardiac medicines – NOACs etc | Mark Turner |
09:15 | 10:15 | Fitness to dive | Jake Freiberger |
10:15 | 10:45 | Questions and case discussion | Plenary session |
10:45 | 11:15 | Break |
Session 2
Moderators Mark Glover & Katharine Robinson
11:15 | 12:00 | Review of Respiratory Fitness to Dive Decisions | Anthony Frew |
12:00 | 12:45 | Personality disorder | Andrew Procter |
12:45 | 13:45 | Lunch |
Session 3
Moderators Mark Turner & David Wilmot
13:45 | 14:15 | Disability legislation | Mark Glover |
14:15 | 15:15 | Assessing divers with disability | Jake Freiberger |
15:15 | 15:45 | Questions and case discussion | Plenary session |
15:45 | 16:00 | Break |
Session 4
Moderators Phil Bryson & Margaret Clamp
16:00 | 16:45 | Health problems in cancer survivors, case report and discussion | Mark Turner, Mark Glover |
16:45 | 17:15 | Committee Q&A | Committee |
17:15 | End of academic sessions |
19:00 | Conference dinner |
Friday 20 October 2017
Session 1
Moderators Martin Sayer & Katharine Robinson
09:00 | 09:45 | Management of severe DCI – patient perspective | Martin Robson |
09:45 | 10:30 | Management of severe DCI – chamber perspective | Christine Penny |
10:30 | 10:45 | Break |
Session 2
Moderators Mark Glover & Phil Bryson
10:45 | 11:15 | Update from HSE Chief Inspector of Diving | Judith Tetlow |
11:15 | 11:45 | Update from HSE Principal Medical Adviser | Steve Forman |
11:45 | 12:15 | Questions and discussion | Plenary session |
12:15 | 13:15 | Lunch |
Session 3
Moderators Christine Penny & Colin Wilson
13:15 | 14:00 | Pre-hospital management of decompression illness: expert review of key principles and controversies | Pierre Lafère |
14:00 | 14:45 | IMCA initiatives on diver health and wellbeing and diver recovery. | Phil Bryson |
14:45 | 15:00 | Break |
Session 4
Moderators Jake Freiberger & Mark Glover
15:00 | 15:45 | Accidents in technical and rebreather diving: role of hypoxia and hypercapnia | Martin Sayer |
15:45 | 16:00 | Quick Update – Newer Psychotropic Drugs | Andrew Procter |
16:00 | 16:15 | Quick Update – Immersion Pulmonary Oedema | Peter Wilmshurst |
16:15 | 16:30 | Quick Update – Patent Foramen Ovale | Mark Turner |
16:30 | 16:45 | Quick Update – Ischaemic Heart Disease | Peter Wilmshurst |
16:45 | 17:00 | Discussion | Plenary session |
17:00 | 17:15 | Closing Remarks | Committee |
17:15 | End of academic sessions |
18:45 | Buffet available | ||
18:45 | 19:30 | 2 unusual cases of air embolism | Andreas Brodbeck |
19:30 | BHA AGM |
Saturday 21 October 2017
Session 1
Moderators Christine Penny & Oliver Firth
09:00 | 09:45 | Diving Accidents in Gozo | Mario Saliba |
09:45 | 10:30 | Neurological pain in a scallop diver with DCS | Colin Wilson |
10:30 | 10:45 | Break |
Session 2
Moderators Colin Wilson & Gary Smerdon
10:45 | 11:15 | Altitude limits for air evacuation of decompression casualties | Adam Griffiths |
11:15 | 12:00 | Introduction of a new ventilator at Chichester HMU | Colin Beard |
12:00 | 12:15 | Case Report: Deadly barbecue leading to jail and ICU | Pieter Bothma |
12:15 | 13:15 | Lunch |
Session 3
Moderators Pieter Bothma & Michael Gonevski
13:15 | 14:00 | HBO for Bisphosphonate Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw | Jake Freiberger |
14:00 | 14:30 | A case series of malignant otitis externa from DDRC Healthcare | Christine Penny |
14:30 | 14:45 | Break |
Session 4
Moderators Gerard Laden & Mark Glover
14:45 | 15:00 | Trial designs, pros and cons, update on progress towards research projects in BHA | Gary Smerdon / research leads |
15:00 | 16:15 | Next steps in research | Plenary Session |
16:15 | 16:30 | Closing Remarks | Pieter Bothma |
16:30 | End of academic sessions |