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Associates/BNA Annual Meeting
In 2003, the Associates and the Baromedical Nurses Association held their annual meeting in conjunction with the UHMS Scientific Meeting held at the Hilton in Quebec City, Canada, June 19-21, 2003. Despite the meeting being held outside the U.S., there was a large contingent of Associate/BNA members in attendance. Both the marketing pre-course and the scientific sessions were well-attended, and many physicians commented that the Associate/BNA program provided much useful information. The Associates of the UHMS
would like to congratulate and recognize the following individuals as the
recipients of the Paul Baker & Associates in Excellence for Presentation
awards at our annual meeting held in Quebec City. The
Paul Baker Award: Mr. Robert B.
Sheffield, CHT received the Paul C. Baker Award for “dedicated service and
many contributions to hyperbaric safety and the entire hyperbaric community”.
Mr. Sheffield has served on many UHMS committees during his long
relationship with the Associates, which dates back to 1986. He is currently
serving as the Chairman of the UHMS Safety Committee. He began his career in
hyperbaric medicine as a Medical Assistant in 1986 at the Jefferson C. Davis
Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center in San Antonio, Texas where his
immediate supervisor was Paul C. Baker. His career saw him progress to the
position of Safety Officer of a major multiplace facility in Oklahoma City in
1994. He served in that position for two years. During the next five years he
served in the position of Program Administrator and then as Director of Clinical
Services/Safety Director of a prominent Management and Wound Care Group. He
currently serves as the Director of Education of the International ATMO,
Corporation, San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Rob Sheffield is a Certified Hyperbaric Technologist with
Distinction. An achievement attained by fewer than ten percent of those
individuals taking the NBDHMT examination.
He is well published in the field and has contributed a chapter in
“Hyperbaric Facility Safety: A Practical Guide” entitled “Emergency
Procedures”.
The Associates in Excellence for Presentation is presented @ the annual scientific meeting, to the Associate Member that makes the presentation that is judged to be of clinical, educational, & scientific benefit to the hyperbaric community. This year’s award was presented to Karen Swaby, RN, CHRN for her presentation titled “Blood Glucose Changes and the Effects of Feeding in Diabetics Undergoing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.” Patient’s blood glucose was prospectively monitored in al diabetic patients undergoing HBO2T from March 1998 to February 2003. All diabetic patients were tested daily prior to treatment, and 20 minutes from treatment end. All treatments were performed at 2 ATA or 2.4 ATA. Blood glucose (measured by glucometer) had to be > 100 mg/dl for patients to undergo HBO2T. All patients with a glucose < 150 mg/dl were fed at least 110 kilocalories prior to HBO2T. Others were fed in-chamber if they felt hungry. The results were that patients who were not fed, decreased blood glucose in 91.6% of dives, and had an average decrease of 22.5% of baseline. Patients, who were fed, decreased blood glucose in 69% of the dives, with an average decrease of 0.85%. There were no episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia with this program. Karen works @ the Memorial Hermann Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Memorial Hermann Center for Wound Healing and Memorial Hermann Center for Lymphedema Management and has been involved with hyperbaric medicine department in March 1994 as a staff nurse. She now is the clinical manager of I have participated in more than 10 abstracts focusing on wound care and Hyperbaric Medicine. I also co- wrote a chapter in the Hyperbaric nursing textbook.
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