Opleiding

De European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM) en de  European Diving Technology Committee (EDTC) hebben (Europese) richtlijnen opgesteld waaraan de opleidingen van duikerartsen moeten voldoen.

Level 1 “Medical Examiner of Divers” (MED)

• The MED must be competent to perform the assessments of medical fitness to dive of occupational and recreational divers and compressed air workers, except the assessment of medical fitness to resume diving after major decompression incidents.
• Required teaching hours (ECHM-EDTC): 25 lecture hours + 3 hours practical.

Level 2D “Diving Medicine Physician” (DMP)

• A DMP must be competent to perform the initial and all other assessments of medical fitness to dive of working and recreational divers or compressed air workers, and manage diving accidents and advise diving contractors and others on diving medicine and physiology (with the backup of a diving medical expert or consultant).
• A DMP should have knowledge in relevant aspects of occupational health, but is not required to be a certified specialist in occupational medicine.
• A DMP should have certified skills and basic practical experience in assessment of medical fitness to dive, management of diving accidents, safety planning for professional diving operations, advanced life support, acute trauma care and general wound care.
• Required teaching hours (ECHM-EDTC): 80 hours of training.

Level 2H: “Hyperbaric Medicine Physician” (HMP)

• An HMP will be responsible for hyperbaric treatment sessions (with the backup of a hyperbaric medicine expert or consultant).
• An HMP should have appropriate experience in anaesthesia and intensive care in order to manage the HBO patients, but is not required to be a certified specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care.
• An HMP must be competent to assess and manage clinical patients for hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment.
• Required teaching hours (ECHM-EDTC): 120 hours of training.

Level 3: Hyperbaric medicine expert or consultant (hyperbaric and diving medicine)

A physician who has been assessed as competent to:
– manage a HBO centre or the medical and physiological aspects of complex diving activities
– manage research programs on diving medicine
– supervise a team of HBO doctors and personnel, health professionals and others
– teach relevant aspects of hyperbaric medicine and physiology to all members of staff.