This is the medical committee which advises IMCA on diving medical matters.

This independent body, comprising diving medical specialists from across Northern Europe, seeks to provide advice about medical and certain safety aspects of commercial diving.

On this site you can find out about the committee's aims and history, its work and its members. The committee's guidance documents are made available for download and there is also a wide collection of links to related websites.

This is the site of the British Hyperbaric Association.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy uses specialised equipment and experienced personnel to deliver oxygen at higher than atmospheric pressures. The safe and rational use of this therapy is increasing as medical and paramedical staff become familiar with its potential benefit by well-established research. The European Committee for hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM) advocates hyperbaric oxygen for the first line treatment of various medical conditions including;
Air or Gas embolism
Decompression Illness
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Gas gangrene
Necrotising fasciitis
Post-radiotherapy tissue damage Preparation for surgery in previously irradiated tissue

In addition, the USA Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) supt the use of hyperbaric oxygen for the following additional conditions;

Crush injury
Severe haemorrhagic anaemia
Selected problem wounds
Compromised skin flaps and grafts Refractory osteomyelitis
Osteoradionecrosis
Thermal burns