SPUMS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING 2000
CASTAWAY ISLAND FIJI
Sunday May 7 th 2000
Welcome to Castaway Island, Fiji, and to the 28 th Annual
scientific Meeting of the South Pacific
Underwater Medicine Society. “Diving Medicine in the
New Millennium”
The Guest Speaker is Professor David Elliott
Conference Convenors Vanessa Haller and Guy Williams
Travel/Housekeeping Adrienne McKeone and Geoff Skinner
Cocktail Party at 1845 hours
Monday 8 th May
2000
Session One: Chairman Vanessa Haller
Opening Address Robyn Walker – President SPUMS
1500-1545 David Elliott
Why Fitness to Dive?
1545-1615 Robyn Walker
Long-term Effects of Diving
1615-1645 Drew Richardson
Standard Practice for Diver Medical
Assessment in
Recreational Diving: The RSTC Medical
Statement and
Screening Model
1645-1700 Questions/discussion
1700-1715 Break
Session Two: Chairman Robyn Walker
1715-1745
Henrik Staunstrup
Jo-Jo
Diving Part 2
1745-1845 Guy Williams/Vanessa Haller
Case Studies/Panel Discussion
1845-1900 Questions/Discussion
Tuesday 9 th May
2000
Session Three: Chairman Simon Mitchell
1500-1545 David Elliott
Fitness for what?
1545-1615 Paul Langton
General Health of Divers
1615-1645 Chris Coxon
Resort Course Medicals
1645-1700 Questions/discussion
1700-1715 Break
Session Four: Chairman Guy Williams
1715-1745 Mike Bennett
Medical Support for a major tunnel project
1745-1815 Mike Logan
Living on Compressed Air
1815-1845 Malcolm LeMay
Vision, Darwin, Deep Blue Sea
1845-1900 Questions/Discussion
Wednesday 10 th May
2000
Session Five: Chairman Mike Bennett
1500-1545 David Elliott
In Water Restrictions for the so-called Unfit
1545-1615 Simon Mitchell/Lynn Taylor
Diabetes and Diving
1615-1645 David Taylor
Effects of pseudoephedrine and antihistamines
in the
Hyperbaric Environment
1645-1700 Questions/discussion
1700-1715 Break
Session Six: Chairman Guy Williams
1715-1745 Juerg Wendling
Screening for Patent Foramen Ovale
1745-1815 Rees Jones
Dead Men don’t Dive
1815-1845 Geoff Skinner
A Decade of Dive Mastering
1845-1900 Questions/Discussion
Thursday 11 th May
2000
Session Seven: Chairman Des Gorman
1500-1545 David Elliott
Some fitness case studies
1545-1615 Paul Langton
Prevalence of asthma in scuba divers
1615-1645 Paul Thomas
Measurement of peak flow in hyperbaric
chambers
1645-1700 Questions/discussion
1700-1715 Break
Session Eight: Chairman Henrik Staunstrup
1715-1745 Guy Williams
Case Studies/panel discussion
1745-1815 Mike Davis
Case Studies/panel discussion
1815-1845 Graham Pollard
The Abalone Industry
1845-1900 Questions/Discussion
Friday 12 th May
2000
Session Seven: Chairman Cathy Meehan
1500-1545 David Elliott
Resumption of Diving After a DCI Incident
1545-1615 Des Gorman
Health Surveillance in 21 st Century
1615-1645 Mike Davis
Breathhold Divers
1645-1700 Questions/discussion
1700-1715 Break
Session Eight: Chairman Vanessa Haller
1715-1745 Sunia Vudiniabola
HBO in the Prevention of Osteoradionecrosis
1745-1900 Panel Discussion
Policy Review
Meeting Closure – Robyn Walker President SPUMS
2000hrs Conference Gala
Dinner
Saturday 13 th May
1600 hours Annual General
Meeting South Pacific
Underwater Medicine
Society
29 th
Annual Scientific Meeting May 26 th -June 2 nd 2001
Madang – PNG
Diving and the Lung
Workshop Drowning/Near Drowning
Convenor:
Guy Williams
P.O. Box 190
Red Hill South, Victoria, 3937
AUSTRALIA
Tel +61 3 59811555 Fax +61 3 59812213
guyw@surf.net.au