NUCC taxonomy code
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
2083P0011X
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Preventive Medicine
- Specialization
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Definition
A specialist who treats decompression illness and diving accident cases and uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat such conditions as carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, non-healing wounds, tissue damage from radiation and burns and bone infections. This specialist also serves as consultant to other physicians in all aspects of hyperbaric chamber operations and assesses risks and applies appropriate standards to prevent disease and disability in divers and other persons working in altered atmospheric conditions.
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