UHM Journal-Based CME Volume 47, Issue 3

Table of Contents:

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients with respiratory distress: treated cases versus propensity-matched controls
Scott A. Gorenstein, MD; Michael L. Castellano, MD; Eric S. Slone, MD; Brian Gillette, PhD; Helen Liu, DO; Cindy Alsamarraie; Alan M. Jacobson, MD; Stephen P. Wall, MD; Samrachana Adhikari, PhD; Jordan L. Swartz, MD; Jenica J.S. McMullen, MD; Marcela Osorio; Christian A. Koziatek, MD; David C. Lee, MD 

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Objectives:

1. To understand the potential role of hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
2. To understand the limitations of the preliminary study published by Gorenstein et al.
3. To gain understanding on why, and how, physically exhausting scuba dives may affect the respiratory system. 
4. To examine with a well-designed experiment, whether the spirometric flow indices directly after surfacing differ from those pre-dive. 
5. To understand why not all parameters of the spirogram will be affected in the same way.

Price:

• Non-Member: $45.00
• Regular UHMS Member: $35.00
• Associate UHMS Member: $25.00

Goal

For over 45 years the UHMS has been the primary source of information for hyperbaric medicine and physiology worldwide. This evidence based, peer-reviewed scientific  journal-based CME has as its goal to address identified professional practice gaps and provide a quality CME opportunity which will improve scientific knowledge and skills for undersea, hyperbaric and wound care physicians, nurses and technicians, and other clinicians and personnel whose practice includes undersea, hyperbaric medicine and wound care.

Target Audience – Included in the “goal”

Date of the activity’s original release –December 2021
Termination date – December 16, 2024

Accreditation Statement: The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statements: 

Physician CME: The Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society designates this journal-based activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing/RRT Contact Hours: 2
License types: RN, LPN, CNS, ARNP, CAN. Provided through the Florida State Board of Nursing and the CE is reciprocal for nurses in the United States. Florida nursing credits are reciprocal and approved for nurses within all states. Receiving credit for Florida providers is simple, attend the course and our staff will upload your credits directly to the Florida State database. For out of state credit, we provide all the necessary paperwork for you to file with the respective nursing board.

NBDHMT: This journal-based activity, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Covid 19 patients – Scott A. Gorenstein MD is approved for 1 Category A credit hour by National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology, 9 Medical Park, Suite 440, Columbia, South Carolina 29203.

o NBDHMT Accreditation Statement: For CHT recertification purposes, the NBDHMT requires a minimum of nine of the minimum 12 required Category A credits relate directly to any combination of hyperbaric operations, related technical aspects and chamber safety.

UHMS Disclaimer: The information provided at this CME activity is for Continuing Medical Education purposes only. The lecture content, statements or opinions expressed however, do not necessarily represent those of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), its affiliates or its employees.

Disclosure:

All individuals in control of content for this educational activity with their relevant financial relationship disclosed are listed below (if applicable). An individual who refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from being in control of educational content at any time, and cannot have control of, or responsibility for, the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity. 

Financial relationships are relevant if the following three conditions are met for the individual who will control content of the education:

• A financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company.
• The content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship.
• The financial relationship existed during the past 24 months

“None of the individuals in control of content (planners/faculty/reviewers/authors) for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.”

There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to mitigate for this educational activity.

No commercial support was received for this activity.

Hardware/Software Requirements:

Hardware required for a learner to participate in this journal-based enduring material activity includes:

• Computer with internet connection and a modern, updated browser
• Note: If using IE 6, IE 7, or IE 8 we cannot guarantee that the courses will work.
• Keyboard to take the quizzes

This journal-based Internet Enduring Material activity is produced for online use.

Provider Contact Information

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Phone: +1-919-490-5140/877-533-8467
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