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- EIN 23-7066181
- (561) 776-6110
- 631 Us Highway 1 North Palm Beach FL 33408-4617 USA
- www.uhms.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health
Mission: 1. To provide a forum for professional scientific communication in basic and applied studies of undersea and hyperbaric medicine. 2. To promote cooperation between the life sciences and other disciplines concerned with undersea activity, hyperbaric medicine and wound care. 3. To develop and promote educational activities and other programs, which improve the scientific knowledge of matters related to undersea and hyperbaric environments and the accepted applications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the membership, as well as physicians and allied health professionals, divers, diver technicians and the public at large. 4. To provide a source of information and support in the clinical practice of hyperbaric medicine and to stay abreast of legislative, legal, and regulatory changes in the field. 5. To provide a means by which hyperbaric facility directors/owners will have an opportunity to request an accreditation survey of their facility for safety and a high level of patient care.
Programs: Quality assurance and regulatory affairs - this is our clinical hyperbaric medical facility accreditation program. Clinical hyperbaric facilities can demonstrate their commitment to patient care and facility safety by voluntarily participating in this program. When invited to perform an accreditation survey, we will send a team of experts to the facility to examine staffing and training, equipment installation, operation, and maintenance, facility and patient safety, and standards of care.
annual scientific meeting - the annual scientific meeting is designed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas in undersea and hyperbaric medicine, both scientific and practical, among physicians, researchers and other allied health professionals. The meeting consists of abstract and poster presentations, plenary sessions, luncheons, the annual bangasser and kronheim lectures, and social events. There are exhibits from a number of wound care, hyperbaric, and diving vendors. The meeting lasts three days and attendance ranges from 400 to 500 participants.
the continuing medical education mission of the uhms is to develop and promote educational activities and other opportunities that improve the scientific knowledge of undersea and hyperbaric environments. The target audience of this effort are physicians and allied health professionals, both nationally and internationally. The activities include undersea medicine, all of the uhms accepted indications for hyperbaric oxygen treatment, and the physiologic and clinical basis of new mechanisms of action and emerging new uses for hyperbaric oxygen and hyperbaric environments.
expenses related to the individual chapters, membership expenses, and various contracts and grants to hold training courses and symposia and publish the results.