To all the Doctors!

[TTT]

Hello there

I am a premed student, goining towards a degree in human kinetics, specifically exersice science...no how would one go about specializing in dive medicine? For those of you who are practicing..do you only practice dive med...or are you mainly a family practicioner..or something else....any information regarding dive medicine would be greatly appreciated..

thank you!

 

[Laurence Stein DDS]

First, I would learn to spell. Next, I would suggest brushing up on grammar. Finally, I would use a spell checker.

After all that, you can be a dive doc!!!

Forgive me, I just couldn't pass on a great set-up!

Good luck, you might want to lay off the hockey for a while!

Larry Stein, not a dive doc

Amazing:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the
frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
the wrod as a wlohe.

Feraknig amzanig huh?=-)

 

[Laurence Stein DDS]

TTT, hope there are no hard feelings.

You might want to contact the ScubaDoc and ask him. There are certainly hyperbaric specialists.

Try Scubadoc@scuba-doc.com

Hopefully, some of the more serious docs on the board will chime in.

Larry Stein

 

[TTT]

Hey there Larry,

Hahaha..no worries..no hard feelings at all....I was in a real rush when I wrote that. Looking at it now I laugh at my self, what a fool! English never was my strong point...

thanks for your help

cheers

Tommy

 

[Laurence Stein DDS]

Tommy, you're a good sport.

I just couldn't resist. Try the Scubadoc if you are really interested.

Regards,

Larry

 

[Saturation]

TTT once bubbled...
Hello there

I am a premed student, goining towards a degree in human kinetics, specifically exersice science...no how would one go about specializing in dive medicine? For those of you who are practicing..do you only practice dive med...or are you mainly a family practicioner..or something else....any information regarding dive medicine would be greatly appreciated..

thank you!

Its only one part of a practice, I do general internal medicine 90% of the time.

 

[page.crow]

Hey pre-med student:

You can be anything you want to be in this world. You can hold more than one post or career in your life. You can specialize in one thing, two things, three things. You can be many different types of doc at the same time-or wear different hats when necessary.

One suggestion:
In American style medicine, many MDs and DOs choose to specialize in one aspect of the human body (EENT, thoracic surgeon, OBGYN, etc.) When they do that, they become an "expert" at that specialty, often at the expense of overlooking the rest of the body. In other words, the specialists are great, often spectacular, at one aspect of human health. But they end up with little experience dealing with how all parts of the body work together. And the body is a whole-not a collection of independent parts that can be cut out at a whim. Therefore, general practice medical doctors are a good thing. If you go that route, you will develop a fuller understanding of the whole human body working together.

Best of luck in your studies. Get good grades. Borrow as little for student loans as you can.

page crow DC

 

[TTT]

Thanks Page for your wrods of advice, I agree that ddoctors should look at the body as a whole, but at the same time it is neccesary to have specialtists.

just curious..but are you an MO???

thanks

Tommy

 

[miguel sanz]

page.crow once bubbled...
Hey pre-med student:

You can be anything you want to be in this world. You can hold more than one post or career in your life. You can specialize in one thing, two things, three things. You can be many different types of doc at the same time-or wear different hats when necessary.

One suggestion:
In American style medicine, many MDs and DOs choose to specialize in one aspect of the human body (EENT, thoracic surgeon, OBGYN, etc.) When they do that, they become an "expert" at that specialty, often at the expense of overlooking the rest of the body. In other words, the specialists are great, often spectacular, at one aspect of human health. But they end up with little experience dealing with how all parts of the body work together. And the body is a whole-not a collection of independent parts that can be cut out at a whim. Therefore, general practice medical doctors are a good thing. If you go that route, you will develop a fuller understanding of the whole human body working together.

page crow DC

What you say is really pretty, BUT...who would you go see if you had a leukemia? or a gas emboli?

 

[Dr Deco]

Dear TTT:

While not being a clinician myself, I have had contact over the past several decades with those that are. There are not any physicians practicing only dive medicine unless they are also research scientists and have financial support from some other activity. You could not make much of a living treating a DCS case once a week.

There are many physicians, however, who are in the practice of hyperbaric medicine. There is a whole scientific society devoted to it, viz, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. [They can be found on the Internet.] In addition to DCS, they treat non-healing wounds, carbon monoxide poisoning, osteomyelytis, etc. One can intern at a hospital where a hyperbaric unit is available. [Here in Houston, such a unit exists Herman Hospital.]

Many individuals learned hyperbaric medicine while in the Navy. That is not necessarily a way for everyone, but at one time, it was basically the only apprenticeship possible.

There are also HBO classes available. Dr Eric Kindwall gave the one I attended. I am not certain if it is still available but the UHMS has lists of others.

The largest acedemic program is, I believe, at Duke University. The hyperbaric department has an Internet site that you can check.

When the time comes, you will find something. [“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”] :doc:

Dr Deco :doctor: