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2008 -- Our 29th ANNUAL MEETING:
Planning for this year's (2008) Great Lakes
Chapter of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society annual meeting is
well under way with the date set for Saturday, October 18th, 2008.
There will be
a Toronto Hyperbaric Medicine Symposium on Sunday, October 19, 2008.
Two great conferences, one great weekend.
The symposium will be in the same location as last year -- Residence
College Hotel - Unity Hall, located at 90 Gerrard St. West. This is at the corner of Gerrard & Elizabeth Streets, opposite Toronto General Hospital.
Some GLC Topics:
* Decompression Illness - it isn't what it used to be...but then, it never was!
* The 10 minute breath hold - tricks and traps of apnea.
* Improving diver performance.
* First hyperbaric stretcher in Quebec.
AND MUCH MUCH MORE!
This all day meeting is for recreational and commercial divers, dive masters, instructors, technical divers, engineers, scientists, medical and paramedical persons with an interest in diving, diving technology and diving medicine.
Registration $65.00 CDN / US online via the
University Health Network website.
Prices increase by $15.00 October 1, 2008.
Student rate with valid ID: $50.00.
For further information
call Ron Nishi, (416) 494-4183
Hotel Information
Transit & Driving Directions
Parking Locations
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Conference Sponsors |
 Pan-America Hyperbarics, Inc. has supplied monoplace chambers to Toronto General Hospital and to Judy Dan Wound Care Centre in North York. http://panamericahbo.com
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 Oxy_Heal Health Group designs and builds hyperbaric facilities, provides management and staffing as well as training and education in wound healing and hyperbaric medicine. http://oxyheal.com
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 Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, University Health Network provides emergency services for decompression illness and other acute medical problems.
http://www.uhn.ca/Clinics_&_Services/services/hyperbaric/index.asp
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 Sechrist Industries, Inc. manufactures hyperbaric chambers and respiratory equipment for hospitals. They have been a supporter and sponsor of the GLC symposium. http://www.sechristind.com/
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 OUC - Ontario Underwater Council is "the voice of Ontario divers," representing individual divers, clubs, scuba instructors, dive shops and charter boats. http://www.underwatercouncil.com/
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 ACUC provides training in scuba diving and instruction and certification for Dive Masters and Instructors. http://acuc.ca/ |
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