A multidisciplinary team made up of doctors, nurses, TENS and maintenance technicians from the Quellón Hospital began a three-month internship in the Underwater Medicine Service of the Ancud Hospital.
The training, led by the head of the Hyperbaric Medicine Unit of the Ancud Hospital, the neurologist, Master in Underwater Medicine and reference in the area, Dr. Jorge Calderón, will include theoretical and practical instruction.
In this regard, the director of the Chiloé Health Service, Marcela Cárcamo, highlighted that with this training the projected for the start of operations of this service at the New Quellón Hospital is being met: “On June 3, staff training began at the Ancud Hospital to prepare for the management of the hyperbaric chamber. This is the first stage, then comes a practical part and then the training that they will receive from the company that will come to do the final installations and delivery of the camera for its operation.”
This training seeks to fulfill the commitment of having specialized human resources to operate the Haux Life Support Multiplace Hyperbaric Chamber of German origin and thus satisfy the demand of users of dysbaric disease, mainly focused on the treatment of injuries and associated diseases. to diving.
The commissioning of this equipment includes the respective training for both the maintenance area and the professionals who will operate it.
