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Medical support for diving medicine

Treat and manage all situations in the aquatic and subaqueous environment (emergencies, therapeutics, hyperbaric chamber).

  • Type of training
    Diploma course
  • Diplôme
    CESU
  • Target audience
    Doctor
  • Discipline
    Emergency medicine
    Sports medicine
    Therapeutics
  • Duration
    1 year
  • Teachers in charge
    Pr Marc GAINNIER; Dr Mathieu COULANGE
  • School
    Medicine
  • Présentation de la formation

    Pedagogical objectives

    Pedagogical objectives
    • 1st seminar: general concepts, principles of action and safety rules2nd
    • and 3rd seminar: diving medicine


    General objectives:

    Treat a diving accident, recognize the main contraindications to hyperbaric therapy, condition a patient for a HBOT session (scope, vvp, redons, etc.), know the principles of oro-tracheal intubation, know the principles of an artificial transport ventilator, use emergency medication, perform rescue chest exsufflation

    .

    Manage a chest drain during a HBOT session, adapt hyperbaric treatment according to progress, check that a hyperbaric chamber is working properly, handle a hyperbaric chamber, manage most incidents, manage respiratory, hemodynamic or neurological distress in HBOT, carry out a non-contraindication to diving or aptitude visit for interventions in a hyperbaric environment.

    Further information

    Further information

    To consult the syllabus, please contact the teacher in charge.

  • Autorisation pédagogique

    Eligibility

    Eligibility
    • Doctors or medical interns in the process of obtaining a postgraduate diploma (DES) or a postgraduate diploma (DESC) with a proven interest in hyperbaric and underwater medicine.

    Educational information and admission authorizations

    Educational information and admission authorizations

    Teachers in chargeProfessor

    Marc GAINNIER
    Email :

    marc.gainnier@ap-hm.frDocteur Mathieu COULANGE
    Email :

    mathieu.coulange@ap-hm.frContact
    Mme Emilia SFREGOLA
    Tél : 04 91 74 49 44
    Email : emilia.sfregola@ap-hm.fr

  • Inscription administrative

    Registration

    Administrative registration information:

    Email: umfcs-desu@univ-amu.fr
    Fatma FATHI
    Tél : 04 91 32 45 91
    Marine HANAOUI
    Tél : 04 91 32 46 48
    Annie DESCHAMPS
    Tél : 04 91 32 43 25
    Audrey GROSSI
    Tél : 04 91 32 45 80Unité

    mixte de formation continue en santé (UMFCS)
    Bureau des DU
    Faculté des sciences médicales et paramédicales

    Aix-Marseille

    Université
    27 bd Jean Moulin
    13385 Marseille cedex 05

  • Informations pratiques

    Rates

    Rates
    • Initial training: 284
    • eurosContinuing
    • training
    • : 419 euros