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ForwardDiving and Hyperbaric Medicine 2025
Course Directors: Klaus Torp, M.D., and Gary Toups, M.D.
May 11 - 16, 2025 - Hotel Cozumel and Resort - San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico
This course is designed to deliver advanced medical knowledge to healthcare professionals specializing in diving and hyperbaric medicine. It features a comprehensive program with presentations and hands-on workshops covering a wide range of topics within the field. Organized in collaboration with the Department of Hyperbaric Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, the course offers a robust educational experience tailored to the needs of professionals in this specialized area.
Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians, nurses, technicians.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Demonstrate proper techniques to treat orthopedic dive injuries on site
- Analyze fitness-to-dive considerations for divers after COVID-19
- Discuss different strategies to keep divers diving with various acquired health conditions
- Complete a lung, focused cardiac and FAST exam using ultrasound.
- Evaluate the testing protocols used to determine fitness-to-dive for individuals with cardiovascular health conditions.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Mayo Clinic Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 2025 | ||
Cozumel Mexico | ||
May 10 - May 16, 2025 | ||
Day 1 | May 10, 2025 | |
4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Optional in-water weight and equipment check of dive equipment from the hotel shore (no CME credit) |
Day 2 | May 11, 2025 | |
4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Optional in-water weight and equipment check of dive equipment from the hotel shore (no CME credit) |
6:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Registration and welcome reception, dive gear rental, dinner to follow |
Day 3 | May 12, 2025 | |
7:00 AM | 8:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
8:00 AM | 8:15 AM | Introduction to Mayo Clinic Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 2025 |
8:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Diving with arrythmias |
8:45 AM | 9:15 AM | Point of care ultrasound to aid in the differential diagnosis of the injured diver |
9:15 AM | 9:45 AM | Point of care ultrasound to aid in the differential diagnosis of the injured diver |
9:45 AM | 10:15 AM |
Diving after neurosurgical interventions |
10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Break |
10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Hyperbaric nursing in multi and monoplace chambers |
11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Fitness to dive for adaptive divers |
11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Keeping ageing divers diving |
12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Transfer to Dive Boats |
2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Air vs Nitrox in bubble generation (no CME credit) |
3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Workshop: Portable ultrasound for the differential diagnosis of the injured diver |
4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Air vs Nitrox in bubble generation (no CME credit) |
5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Workshop: Detection of bubbles after diving |
6:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Adjourn |
Day 4 | May 13, 2025 | |
7:00 AM | 7:45 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
7:45 AM | 8:15 AM | Risk of pulmonary embolism with recreational water activities |
8:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Diving after spinal cord injury |
8:45 AM | 9:15 AM | Diving with obstetric and gynecologic conditions |
9:15 AM | 9:45 AM | Diving with chronic pain |
9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Medical and logistical challenges of treating necrotizing fasciitis in a multiplace chamber |
10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Controversies of hyperbaric treatment for long COVID syndrome |
11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Space Medicine and Dive Medicine Same Same but Different |
11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Treating altitude sickness on the top of the mountain with hyperbaric oxygen |
12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Transfer to Dive Boats |
2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Exposure of air/nitrox mixtures at varying depths (no CME credit) |
3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Workshop: Treating orthopedic injuries on the dive boat |
4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Exposure of air/nitrox mixtures at varying depths (no CME credit) |
5:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Adjourn |
Day 5 | May 14, 2025 | |
7:00 AM | 7:45 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
7:45 AM | 8:15 AM | Hyperbaric treatment tables |
8:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Comparative anatomy and physiology across different species under water |
8:45 AM | 9:45 AM | AGE series in a large single center treatment facility |
9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Updates in ACLS algorithms |
10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Assessment of lung disease in divers after COVID |
11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Hyperbaric oxygen for avascular necrosis |
11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Update on swimming induced pulmonary edema |
12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Transfer to Dive Boats |
2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Air vs Nitrox bubble generation (no CME credit) |
3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Workshop: Unconscious diver rescue from the surface |
4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Air vs Nitrox bubble generation (no CME credit) |
5:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Adjourn |
Day 6 | May 15, 2025 | |
7:00 AM | 7:45 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
7:45 AM | 8:15 AM | Challenging cases of decompression illness |
8:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Pathophysiology of decompression illness |
8:45 AM | 9:15 AM | Diving with valvular heart disease |
9:15 AM | 9:45 AM | Individualized cardiovascular risk factor |
9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Radiological Cardiac Assessment of Divers |
10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Diving in cold water environment |
11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Late effects of radiation therapy |
11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Diving with urologic conditions |
12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Transfer to Dive Boats |
2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Identifying potentially dangerous marine life (no CME credit) |
3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Workshop : First aid after diving |
4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Identifying potentially dangerous marine life (no CME credit) |
5:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Adjourn |
Day 7 | May 16, 2025 | |
7:00 AM | 8:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Transfer to Dive Boats |
9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Air vs Nitrox workshop on bubble generation (no CME credit) |
10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Workshop: Ultrasound detection of bubbles after repetitive diving |
11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Air vs Nitrox workshop on bubble generation (no CME credit) |
12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Workshop: Ultrasound detection of bubbles after repetitive diving |
1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Safety consideration for mono and multiplace chambers |
2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Safety consideration for mono and multiplace chambers |
3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Challenging cases of decompression illness |
3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | Cardiovascular fluid perturbation after recreational diving |
4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Walk to Hyperbaric Chamber |
5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Practical operations and Logistical Concerns operating a hyperbaric chamber |
6:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Adjourn |
The Cozumel Hotel and Resort is offering hotel rooms for attendees and their guests at the group rate of $90 USD + Tax (21%) per room night in single or double occupancy. Hotel reservations can be made by clicking HERE
- Breakfast is included in the room rate
- There is an optional on-site payment of $55 per person/per night that covers the meal plan, coffee breaks, welcome reception, and farewell dinner, which is highly recommended due to the tight schedule that limits the opportunity to dine out.
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.
Optional activities:
Thanks to a stronger dollar, we were able to reduce the diving prices from last year despite inflation, much higher fuel prices, increased taxi fees as well as doubling of the marine park fees.
2 tank dive $110 (includes taxes, marine park fee, ground transportation to the marina and tip for the boat crew)
Nitrox tanks $13 per tank (32% or 36%) Large Nitrox 100 cf tank $16 per tank.
Night dive $60 on Wednesday night (includes tip for the boat crew) Light rental $5 per day/night
Nitrox certification $170 (includes 2 Nitrox tanks) in addition to the boat diving fee.
Refresher course $50 in addition to the boat diving fee which is required for certified divers who have not dove for more than 2 years and less than 5 years.
Reactivate $130 in addition to the boat diving fee, which is required for certified divers how have not dove for more than 5 years.
Open Water course referral fee $100 in addition to the boat diving fee for divers who completed their pool classes and wish to complete their open water dives during their stay.
Rental fee $25 per package per day. Includes BC, Regulator, Computer, Wetsuit. ($10 per day if only one item is needed).
Dive computers are rented on a first come first serve basis, so please reserve early or purchase your own computer (which I highly recommend for this safety device).
Mask, fins are at no charge for our course participants (but remember these are comfort devices and buying your own will ensure comfortable fit to your face and feet).
We will again arrange for an afternoon pleasure snorkel trip to El Cielo (or an alternative location in case of inclement weather). The cost will vary depending on what size boat we will need, which will be split among the boat riders. Please sign up with the dive operator and pay on site during the reception on Sunday.
Please use the attached Diver information sheet as well as the liability release forms and contact Carribean Divers directly at caribbeandivers@gmail.com or WhatsApp +52 987 111 5099
In order to provide the right number of boats and equipment, the dive operator needs to plan and may need to rent additional boats, so those rates are based on prepayment either by Zelle to 9045256056 (Jacqueline Torp) or by credit card to Carribean Divers which incurs an additional 5% bank fee.
Walk-up divers will be accommodated based on space availability and incur a $20 surcharge.
If the dive activity is canceled by the dive operator, refunds will be provided to the original form of payment.
We will again offer an optional weight and equipment check for certified divers only on Saturday May 10 and Sunday May 11 from 4-6 pm at the beach club, renting a tank and weights from the hotel dive shop “Dive Paradise”. I would strongly recommend to fill out their liability waiver forms online using this link
https://forms.zohopublic.com/diveparadise/form/DiverRegistrationForm/formperma/C1PMTJKZud6htA2MJ4oJX6qMdDDTn_cQUnyr0x1MG1E so you are ready to go when you get there. (Please remember that our course dive operator is Carribean Divers and only the optional weight and equipment check will be with Dive Paradise, so that is why 2 liability waivers are needed, one for each dive operator if you choose to participate in the optional weight and equipment check).
On Tuesday afternoon back by popular demand we were again able to secure another sip and paint session at the beach with famous artist Leydi Alejandra Mari Rivero starting at 5:30 in the affternoon. She will bring everything and all you need to bring is curiosity and creativity to learn and paint in raised color. The cost will be $50 per person and includes all the gear and instructions. Please pay directly on site during the reception on Sunday. Hilariana | Facebook
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s):
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 25.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this activity for a maximum of 25.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations.
| Day | Credit(s) |
|---|---|
| Monday | 5.50 |
| Tuesday | 5.00 |
| Wednesday | 5.00 |
| Thursday | 5.00 |
| Friday | 4.50 |
For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s) and staff, please go here to review disclosures.
Available Credit
- 25.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 25.00 ANCC
- 25.00 Attendance
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