The Life Support Technologies Group
(LST) provides health care professionals with accredited hyperbaric medicine
training courses four times a year at LST partner medical facilities in the
greater-NY region. Jobs in the growing field of hyperbaric medicine are
available for billers, emergency medical technicians, hyperbaric technicians,
nurses, respiratory therapists, and physicians.
LST’s 40-hour Introduction to
Hyperbaric Medicine course is conducted over a 5-day period. The current course
has been developed from the original, which was taught by hyperbaric medicine
pioneer Eric P. Kindwall, M.D.
LST
hyperbaric medicine courses are accredited by the Undersea & Hyperbaric
Medical Society (UHMS) and also by the National Board of Diving &
Hyperbaric Medical Technology (NBDHMT). The UHMS and also the American College
of Hyperbaric Medicine (ACHM) set standards and are the certification boards
for physicians who wish to supervise human hyperbaric medical treatment. The
NBDHMT sets standards and is the certification board for allied health care
professionals who are involved with hyperbaric medical treatment of people, and
animals, including horses and small animals.
Physicians (MD and DO) who attend
and participate in the entire course are awarded 42 Continuing Medical
Education (CME) credits, which are granted by the UHMS. Allied health
professionals (including those who are DPM, PhD, NP, PA, EMT, Paramedic, RN,
LPN, RT, RRT) who attend and participate in the entire course are awarded 40
Continuing Education Units (CEU), which are granted by the NBDHMT.
Hyperbaric
Medical treatment involves putting a patient in a specially designed vessel
known as a hyperbaric chamber that can be pressurized greater than atmospheric
pressure. The patient breathes 100% oxygen while under increased pressure. Monoplace
hyperbaric chambers are the most common and are designed to treat one patient
at a time. Multiplace chambers are purpose-built and can accommodate as many
patients as they are built for. Hyperbaric chamber construction standards are
established and published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME) Pressure Vessel for Human Occupancy (PVHO) Committee.
Hyperbaric
medicine is a growing field that goes hand-in-glove with Wound Care, another
expanding specialty.
LST hyperbaric courses for year 2013
are scheduled to be held at Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY,
February 7-11, 2013; St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Mt. Sinai
Campus, Hartford, CT, April 19-23, 2013; Good Samaritan Regional Medical
Center, Suffern, NY, June 7-11, 2013; Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola,
NY, October 4-8, 2013.
Course faculty consists of
recognized experts in their fields, each of whom are board certified in one or
more specialties. The Course Director is Glenn Butler, CEO and founder of LST. Course
Clinical Directors are Scott Gorenstein, M.D., Clinical Director of Hyperbaric
Medicine at Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, and Edward Golembe,
M.D., Skin Integrity Director at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY.
Physician guest lecturers include
Jody DiGiacomo, M.D., FACS, Medical Director, Wound Treatment and Hyperbaric
Medicine, CentraState Medical Center, Freehold, NJ; Laura Sudarsky, M.D., Chief
of Plastic Surgery, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Suffern, NY; Jay G.
Levine, D.P.M., Podiatric Surgery Section Chief, Good Samaritan Regional
Medical Center, Suffern, NY.
Non-physician lecturers include
Michael W. Allen, LST Senior Vice President for Operations and Safety; Donna Hangan,
ANP, CHRNC, CWS, Hyperbaric Unit Coordinator, Nassau University Medical Center,
East Meadow, NY; Christian Calise, CHT, RRT, Neonatal Pediatric Specialist,
North Shore LIJ Hospitals, NY; Peter P. Delaney, Product Specialist:
Transcutaneous Oxygen and Laser Doppler Equipment, Perimed, Inc., Ardsmore, PA;
Bernie Chowdhury, CHT, LST Training Director.
For more information see:
Undersea
& Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)
National
Board of Diving & Hyperbaric Medical Technology (NDBHMT)
http://www.nbdhmt.org/
About the Life Support Technologies Group (LST)
The Life Support Technologies Group (LST) is a Tarrytown,
NY-based medical and life-support engineering company specializing in Advanced
Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Services to hospitals in the NY, NJ, CT region. LST has been in business for 20 years and
currently provides services to 9 hospitals.
Glenn
Butler, CEO
Life
Support Technologies Group
(914)
333-8412
