1. SPUMS promotion slides1December 2012 The South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Is this a society you should belong to?

2. SPUMS promotion slides2 Who are we?  A group of doctors and allied professionals with a shared interest in  Diving and diving medicine  Hyperbaric medicine  The marine environment  Membership around 550 at present  The majority are general practitioners who dive or have a specific interest in the field  Diving physicians – military and civilian  Hyperbaric physicians – approximately 80% of all hyperbaric physicians in Australia and New Zealand  Most of us are from Australia and New Zealand, but moderate numbers from Asia and the USA December 2012

3. SPUMS promotion slides3 What is the purpose of our society? To promote and facilitate information and research on all aspects of underwater and hyperbaric medicine To promote and facilitate information and research on all aspects of underwater and hyperbaric medicine To provide information to all interested groups (diving organisations, industry, the military, individual divers) To provide information to all interested groups (diving organisations, industry, the military, individual divers) To promote exchange of information between members and to publish a quarterly Journal To promote exchange of information between members and to publish a quarterly Journal To convene members annually at a Scientific Conference To convene members annually at a Scientific Conference

4. December 2013SPUMS promotion slides 4 What do we do? www.spums.org An annual scientific meeting – a week long meeting, usually at a dive location An up-to-date list of trained dive physicians Training and a diploma in Diving and Hyperbaric medicine The journal and the SPUMS diving medical advice

5. December 20125 SPUMS promotion slides The journal ‘Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine’ is the official journal of both SPUMS and the European Undersea and Baromedical Society (EUBS). It is indexed on the ISI web of science (SciSearch™) and Embase/Scopus.

6. December 2012SPUMS promotion slides6 SPUMS 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting 22 − 29 September 2012 Venue: St Gilles les Bains, Réunion Island Themes : Multiple themes are being developed for this tri-continental meeting of SPUMS, the European Underwater and Baromedical Society and the Southern African Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine Society Workshop theme: Diagnosis and treatment of mild decompression sickness Registration opens from 09 January 2013 For further information go to: www.reunion2013.org

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8. December 2012SPUMS promotion slides 8 A list of available courses Details of the College of Anaesthetists certification

9. December 2012SPUMS promotion slides9 SPUMS members get to dive in all sorts of places…(The President in Antarctica)

10. December 2012SPUMS promotion slides10 …and meet all sorts of interesting divers

11. December 2012SPUMS promotion slides11 Fill out an on-line membership application at spums.org, or email our secretary at spumssecretary@gmail.comspumssecretary@gmail.com or e-mail admin@spums.org.auadmin@spums.org.au You too can be a SPUMS member for only $175.00 a year

12. December 2012SPUMS promotion slides12 Why aren’t you here with us?