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Title: Patient Safety: Prevention and Treatment of Complications in Hyperbaric Medicine.
Authors: Barach, P
Mueller, PHJ
Pirone, C
Keywords: hyperbaric medicine
complications
patient safety
Adverse Events
Incident Benchmarking Project
Hyperbaric Incident Monitoring Study
ear barotrauma
Screening Procedures
effectiveness
equipment analysis
medical error
decongestants
TEED scale
myringotomies
Cultural barriers
training
compression rate
checklists
procedures
hyperbaric facilities
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
Citation: Barach P, Mueller PHJ, Pirone C (eds). Patient Safety: Prevention and Treatment of Complications in Hyperbaric Medicine. 52nd Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Workshop. UHMS Publication Number WB342. Kensington: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society; 2002; 198 pages.
Abstract: Contents: Faculty; Contents; Program; Preface; Welcome Address; Session I: Patient Safety and Adverse Events in Hyperbaric Medicine Patient safety: the new frontier (Paul Barach); The "Incident Benchmarking Project" (Dick Clarke); HIMS: A worldwide database on hyperbaric incidents (Christy Pirone); Discussion Session I; Session II: Ear Barotrauma, the Major Complication A review of the literature on ear barotrauma (Dick Clarke); A standardized scoring system to diagnose ear barotraumas (Ian Millar); Prevention and treatment in the clinical hyperbaric routine (Jeff Vrabec); Discussion Session II; Session III: Efficacy of Screening Procedures in Preventing Patient Complications Review of screening procedures for elective hyperbaric admission (Peter Mueller); Pro: Screening procedures useful (Richard Moon); Con: Screening procedures useful (Caroline Fife); Discussion Session III; Session IV: Ensuring Organizational Safety in Hyperbaric Environments Equipment and chamber related incidents (Paul Sheffield); The hyperbaric incident monitoring study (HIMS): equipment analysis (Tom Workman); Discussion Session IV; Summary Panel and Closure; Appendices; Summary of the Workshop; Attendees List
Description: Copyright Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.
URI: http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/8028
ISBN: 0-930406-20-6
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