The
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) has awarded reaccreditation to
The Life Support Technologies’ Group (LST), Tarrytown, NY, for LST’s 40-hour
“Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine” Course.
The award extends LST’s joint providership status with the UHMS for the
issuance of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Continuing Medical Education units,
commonly known as CME) for physicians attending all five course days.
LST’s
“Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine” course has been planned and implemented
in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the
joint providership of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and
the Life Support Technologies group. The UHMS is accredited by the ACCME to
provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.
The
LST course meets the new CMS-mandated educational guidelines for hyperbaric
education; it provides the foundation for Physicians, Podiatrists, Physician
Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Paramedics,
Emergency Medical Technicians, Hyperbaric Technicians, and other clinical
professionals who are either working in, or planning to enter, the field of
Hyperbaric Medicine. The course is a
pathway toward achieving professional certification in this growing field.
The
current LST “Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine” course is based on the
teachings and practice of the late Eric P. Kindwall, MD, a pioneer of Hyperbaric
Medicine in the United States. Dr.
Kindwall taught his Hyperbaric Medicine course at LST’s partner hospitals as
needed. With Dr. Kindwall’s blessings,
LST built on his course and have added faculty who are experts in various areas
of medicine and administration to create a dynamic, robust educational
experience for physicians, allied health professionals, and hospital
administrators.
Glenn
Butler, LST’s founder and CEO, said, “We are honored to continue to work
jointly with the UHMS to further Hyperbaric Medicine education and safety
within the U.S. northeast and to our hospital partners. The adjunctive use of
hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be life-saving. Our Wound Patient Care Continuum
protocols better manage admitted patients with wounds, often adding hyperbaric
therapy to their Plan-of-Care. Such protocols improve patient outcomes while
often reducing Length-of-Stay and readmissions. Early and comprehensive
in-patient intervention in patients at risk for limb amputation can often save
limbs and improve quality-of-life.”
Hyperbaric
Medical treatment involves putting a patient in a specially designed vessel
known as a hyperbaric chamber that is 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.
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, MD, FACEP, Clinical
Director, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital,
Mineola, NY; Edward Golembe, MD, Skin Integrity Director, Westchester Medical
Center, Valhalla, NY; and Jody C DiGiacomo, MD, FACS, CentraState Medical
Center, Freehold, NJ.
Physician
guest lecturers include Donnovan T. Rosas, MD, Plastic Surgery, Good Samaritan
Regional Medical Center, Suffern, NY; and Jay G. Levine, DPM, Good Samaritan
Regional Medical Center, Suffern, NY.
Non-physician
faculty include Michael W Allen, LST’s Senior Vice-President; Donna Hangan, ANP, CHRNC, CWS, Winthrop University Hospital,
Mineola, NY; Mark Chipps, CHT, EMT, Corporate Compliance Officer, LST; Michael
Merrow, CHT, EMT, Hyperbaric Operations Manager, Winthrop University Hospital,
Mineola, NY; Peter P. Delaney, Product Specialist: Transcutaneous Oxygen and
Laser Doppler Equipment, Perimed, Inc., Ardsmore, PA; and Bernie Chowdhury,
CHT, LST’s Training Director.
LST personnel who helped develop the course include Glenn Butler, CEO; Patrick McCabe, CFO;
Michael W Allen, Senior Vice-President; Jorge Beale, Controller; Michael Merrow, CHT, EMT, Hyperbaric Operations Manager; Mark Chipps, CHT, EMT,Corporate Compliance Officer; Melinda Eshbach, CHRN, Bernie Chowdhury, CHT, Training Director.
Non-LST personnel who helped develop the course include Scott Gorenstein, MD, FACEP, Clinical
Director, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital,
Mineola, NY; and Edward Golembe, MD, Skin Integrity Director, Westchester Medical
Center, Valhalla, NY.
Course support
personnel include Amarish Khan, RT, Clinical Development, LST; and Gerry Koinig,
Webmaster, LST.
The remaining course date and venue
at LST partner medical facilities for this year is: October 17-21, 2014 at Winthrop University
Hospital, Mineola, NY.
Next year’s course dates and venues
at LST partner medical facilities are: February 27 – March 3, 2015 at
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY; April 24-28, 2015 at St. Francis
Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT; June 5-9, 2015 at Good Samaritan
Regional Medical Center, Suffern, NY; October 16-20, 2015 at Nassau University
Medical Center, East Meadow, NY.
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
