ABPM Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine study guide

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (UHM) is a subspecialty certification offered by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) for physicians whose work involves high-pressure environments and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. ABPM describes the discipline as dealing with prevention of injury and illness from exposure to increased ambient pressure - diving, hyperbaric chamber exposure - and with the therapeutic use of high environmental pressure and oxygen under pressure to treat disease. The scope emphasizes occupational, environmental, safety and clinical aspects of diving, hyperbaric chamber operations, compressed-air work and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Applicants generally need an unrestricted medical license, current primary specialty certification through an ABMS member board, AOA, RCPSC or CFPC, and completion of an ACGME-accredited UHM fellowship of at least 12 months; ABPM also describes a COLT pathway for mid-career physicians, and ABEM diplomates apply through ABEM. The ABPM Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine study guide has 4 sections and about 1,024 words.