The Life Support Technologies group (LST), Tarrytown, NY, is pleased to announce the appointment of Corporate Compliance Officer Mark Chipps to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)-99 Committee. Mark will serve as an alternate committee member to Michael W Allen, LST Senior Vice President for Safety and Operations. Michael is also a member of the Main Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Standard for Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy (PVHO) and Chairman of the Medical System sub-committee, which is responsible for the development of the PVHO section specific to medical monoplace and multiplace chambers.
The NFPA-99
"Healthcare Facilities" document is the National Standard for
Hospital construction and includes a specific chapter on Hyperbaric Chamber
facilities. This NFPA-99 chapter sets forth hyperbaric equipment design,
installation, operations and staffing standards.
Mark's
appointment to the NFPA-99 committee is a testament to his unique capabilities
and experience. Mark's primary duties as LST Corporate Compliance Officer
includes the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) National
Accreditation program for LST Hyperbaric Hospital Partner facilities. Mark is
also the Technical Director of the Nassau University Medical Center Multiplace
Hyperbaric service which provides both elective and 24/7 Critical Care services
to the New York Tri-State area.
Mark, along
with Jacques Vieweg & Jorge Beale, led the LST Hyperbaric Tunneling Support
group in helping to complete the MTA East-Side Access Tunnel Project connecting
the Long Island Railroad with Grand Central Station in Manhattan. The LST group
provided Hamilton / Kenyon DCAP Decompression Tables, Paramedics and Tunnel
Boring Machine Hyperbaric Chamber operations. Over an eleven-month time period,
the LST Tunnel group completed 382 Hyperbaric Interventions totaling 71 man-days
under pressures to 34 psig (pounds per square inch, gauge), which is the
equivalent of 76 feet of sea water.
LST senior staff
has been honored to provide continuous Hyperbaric / Hypobaric safety and
technical leadership to the NFPA-99, ASME-PVHO and UHMS Safety Committees
beginning in the early ‘90s when the late hyperbaric pioneer and LST Research
Director Dr. R.W. "Bill" Hamilton was first appointed.
For more information about Life Support Technologies, see:
www.lifesupport-USA.com
Contact info:
Life Support Technologies group
580 White Plains Road
Suite 110
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Office: (914) 333-8412
FAX: (914) 333-8418
For more information about Life Support Technologies, see:
www.lifesupport-USA.com
Contact info:
Life Support Technologies group
580 White Plains Road
Suite 110
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Office: (914) 333-8412
FAX: (914) 333-8418
