Melbourne's Brevard Regional Hyperbaric Center will be hosting a Diver Day with Dive Alert Network at the Hibiscus Office Park West, 1698 W. Hibiscus Blvd., Melbourne, Fl, on Saturday 25-August-2001 from 9 AM to 4 PM. This will benefit the Brevard County Chapter of the American Red Cross. The goal of this event is to inform the public about SCUBA training and water safety, available insurance products and the latest in diving and water related products and equipment.
The Hyperbaric center as arranged several
interesting exhibits
for the event:
NASA / KSC Booster Recovery Team
NASA Robotic Demonstrations
American Red Cross
S.T.O.P. Drownings Program
The Innovative Sea signs (underwater communication) program
BCC Human Patient simulator
Exhibits from area dive ships, equipment manufacturers, demonstrations and new
product raffle.
Lectures
10:00 - 10:40: Dr. Peter Bennett, President & CEO of DAN - "Decompression
Theory and Ascent Rates"
10:45 - 11:30: Mr. John Doctor, Marketing & Dev Director American Red Cross -
"American Red Cross / Water Safety Programs"
11:30 - 12:15: Neurologist Dr. Paul Buza, Medical Director Brevard Regional
Hyperbaric Center - "Recent Brevard Dive Accidents & Spinal Injury"
AFTERNOON
01:00 - 01:45: Mr. Larry Collns, Booster Recovery Team, KSC / NASA - "Space
Shuttle - Recovery of Rocket Boosters"
01:45 - 02:30: Dr. Arthur Arnold, Manager Medical Operations, KSC / NASA -
Life Science Support - "Off Shore Rescue & Launch Support"
02:30 - 0315: E.R. Physicians - Holmes Regional Medical Center: "S.T.O.P.
Drownings" - Drowning Prevention.
Workshops
09:15 - 10:00: Dr. Pedro Rodriquez, BCC - "Human Patient Simulator
Demonstration"
10:45 - 11:30: Mr. Mike Edwards, Down Under Ventures, Inc. - "NITROX
Semi-Closed Circuit Rebreather Introduction"
11:30 - 12:15: American Red Cross - "Portable Cardiac Defibrillator Demo"
AFTERNOON
12:15 - 01:00: Dr. Peter Bennett - "Introduction to DAN, Dive Safety & DAN
Research"
01:00 - 01:45: Ms Suzanne Kiffmann, Sea Signs, Inc. - "Underwater
Communication"
01:45 - 02:30: Hatts Diving Headquarter's Inc. - "Emergency Dive Oxygen"
02:30 - 03:15: Dr. Pedro Rodriquez, BCC - "Human Patient Simulator Demo"
Last Updated: 14-August-2001