Hyperbaric Facilities in
Australasia

Contact Sources
www.danseap.org
www.spums.org.au
hyperbaric.wesley.com.au
and the general EMS contact # in Australia is 1800 088 200 for diver assist
The Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association www.htna.com.au

Provided by Glen N Halter
Downs Diving Centre

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*If you are aware of changes, please send them to us.

*Please Note! Most of the numbers listed below with the (61) prefix are for calling from outside Australia. Phone numbers that are for use within Australia have standard prefixes as follows: (02) for NSW, (03) for Victoria and Tasmania, (07) for Queensland, (08) for South Australia and (09) for Western Australia. Thus the (61) prefix should be replaced with a (0) when calling from inside Australia.

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Currently funded by the Divers Alert Network, diving physicians are available 24 hours a day for consultations regarding emergencies related to diving. They will provide an initial assessment and generally make arrangements for the diver to be formally assessed by a local emergency department or diving physician. If necessary, retrieval by air or road can be arranged in the most urgent circumstances.

  Here is a basic listing of the civilian recompression chambers currently operating in Australasia.
 

Adelaide, South Australia	Royal Adelaide Hospital	(08) 8222 5116
Brisbane, Queensland	Wesley Hospital	(07) 3371 6033
Christchurch, New Zealand		(03) 364 0045
Darwin, Northern Territory	Royal Darwin Hospital	(08) 8922 8888
Fremantle, Western Australia	Fremantle Hospital	(08) 9431 2233
Hobart, Tasmania	Royal Hobart Hospital	(03) 6222 8308
Melbourne, Victoria	The Alfred Hospital	(03) 9276 2269
Sydney, New South Wales	Prince of Wales Hospital	(02) 9382 3880
Townsville, Queensland	Townsville General Hospital	(0)7 47962080

 For more detail, see the following listings.

The Wesley Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine
Suite 53, Sandford Jackson Building,
Wesley Hospital
Auchenflower, Qld 4066

Medical Director: Dr. Bob Long
Charge Nurse: Anne Sydes
Facility Manager: David King
Phone: 61 (0)7 3371 6033
Fax:      61 (0)7 3371 1566

Christchurch, New Zealand

Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
Fremantle Hospital
PO Box 480,
Fremantle, WA 6160
Director: Dr R. Wong
Clinical Nurse Manager: Sue Thurston
(08) 9431 2233
Fax: (08) 9431 2235
contact
Clinical Chambers x 2.  Dr Robert Wong is a recognised authority on diving
incidents and their treatment.

When out of hours staff are on call for all emergencies 24 hours per day

Hyperbaric Service
The Alfred Hospital
Commercial Road
Prahran Vic 3181
Director: Dr. I. Millar
Charge Nurse: Rebecca Patterson

(03) 9276 2269
Fax: (03) 9276 3052
This is the main chamber facility in Melbourne

Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
Vaucluse Hospital
82 Moreland Road
Brunswick, Vic 3056
Director: Dr. M. Hodgson
Charge Nurse: Nick Murphy
(03) 9383 6505
Fax: (03) 9383 1580
This is a private hospital and does not generally treat diving injuries.

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Townsville, Queensland

Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
Townsville General Hospital
PO Box 670
Townsville, Qld. 4810
Australia
Director: Dr D. Griffiths
Charge Nurse: Michael Hammond
(0)7 47962080
Fax: (0)7 47962081

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Sydney, New South Wales

Prince of Wales Hospital,
The Department of  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Dept. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
The Prince of Wales Hospital
High St.
Randwick, NSW  2031
Director:  Dr. M. Bennett
Charge Nurse: Jo James
(02) 9382 3880
Fax: (02) 9382 3882
E-mail:   contact
Web Site   http://www.htna.com.au/chamber_sydney.htm
General Information:

The Prince of Wales Hyperbaric Medicine Facility is located in
Sydney, Australia and is the only civilian hyperbaric facility serving
the population of New South Wales.

The facility is staffed by four half-time specialists (all primarily
qualified in Anaesthesia and/or Intensive Care), four full-time
nursing staff and two full-time technicians. A full range of hyperbaric
services are offered in their 4-chamber, 20-person facility.

Approximately 70 divers with DCI / Air Embolism are treated each
year. The facility is also involved in the care of a wide range of other
diving medical problems. There is an ongoing research programme
within the University of NSW and we participate in the training of
both Anaesthetists and Hyperbaric Physicians.

An educational  programme introducing the facility, advising on safe
diving practices and emergency first aid care is available to divers and
others interested.

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Pro-Diving Services Pty Ltd
Unit 5, Wentworth Estate, 12 Anderson Street,
East Botany. NSW 2019 Australia
Tel:                Int+61+2+93164013
Fax:               Int+61+2+93166230
Email:          info@prodivingservices.com
Mobile:         Int+61+416+023302

Contact: Rick Poole / Chamber Supervisor

Chamber / Facility:

The facility at East Botany is ISO9001:2000 Quality Management Endorsed.

The chamber is 1.8 meter diameter / dual entry / twin lock with walk-in entry into main lock.

It has provision for a NATO flange on the entry lock.

The chamber has a 60 meter depth capability and is fitted with 12 BIBS systems complete with overboard dumps.

Other equipment includes full lighting, fire suppression, medical lock / service lock, video surveillance, oxygen & carbon dioxide monitoring, temperature monitoring and a host of other accessories which meet Australian Standard AS/NZS2299.1
 

Applications:

The chamber is used for research & pressure testing of equipment. Testing is done to ISO9001:2000 and the facility has a wide range of support instrumentation to allow accurate measurement and evaluation results.

Chamber operator courses as well as Chamber Awareness courses are conducted at the facility on regular schedules. The Chamber Awareness courses are designed for various levels of diver qualifications and
requirements. Course schedules can be obtained either from supporting dive stores / centres or by contacting our office.

Medical referrals are accepted for some HBOT indications and some non-indications. The facility is not a hospital and therefore life threatening cases are not accepted, even the facility could easily cater for decompression Illness related cases.

Pro-Diving Services also offer a series of technical courses, sales and rental of chamber as sell as service and maintenance on existing chambers nationally & internationally.

We invite clients to call to our facility and discuss their requirements.

The facility was established in late 1997 and has recently has major infrastructure upgrades.
 

Victoria Physicians
New South Wales Physicians
Queensland Physicians
Tasmania Physicians
South Australia Physicians
Northern Territory Physicians
Western Australia Physicians

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Carl Edmonds, MB, MRCP
Diving Medical Centre
66 Pacific Highway
St. Leonards, NSW 2065 Australia
Ph 02 994 95547
Fax 02 990 70040

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Dr. Piers W. Robertson
Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
Royal Adelaide Hospital
North Terrace
Adelaide  SA  5000
Australia

Phone:  (08) 8222 5116
Fax: (08) 8232 4207
contact

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Guy D. Williams, MBBS
Victoria 3937 AUSTRALIA
contact

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Robert M. Wong, MB, BS, FANZCA
Nedlands, 6009, WA AUSTRALIA
contact

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Link to Oceania Dive Accident Facilities
Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association

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