Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Seminar
OxyCare are hosting a seminar on hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wound healing with two international experts, Dr Pasquale Longobardi and Klarida Hoxha, Specialist Nurse in Tissue Viability
Attend in person at the Beaumont Mutlidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Care Symposium or join the seminar virtually
via Live Stream at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzVmYmRmNGYtNjU3ZS00OTg5LTgyY2QtNmEwYmUyNGVkOTc4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22607041e7-a812-4670-bd30-30f9db210f06%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d1d7ff10-50de-4e69-bd4a-8b2fc1fe2850%22%7d
Dr Pasquale Longobardi
Medical Director of the Hyperbaric Center of Ravenna
Specialist in Diving Medicine and Underwater Activities
“Is the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy effective for Diabetic Foot Ulcers?”
Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Second University of Naples with specialization in Diving Medicine and Underwater Activities from the G’Annunzio University of Chieti. Order number of Surgeons of Ravenna: 2282
President of the International Academy of Underwater Sciences and Techniques
Vice President of the Italian Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (SIMSI, Società Italiana Medicina Subacquea e Iperbarica)
Affiliated Researcher of the Institute for Life Sciences of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy)
Expert Level 3 in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine and Fellow of the European College of Baromedicine (ECB)
Member of the Executive Board of the European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM)
European Diving Technology Committee (EDTC)
Member of the Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC). Coordinator of Dive_Doctors Italy (team of medical assistance at diving worksites)
Expert in Health Management
Klarida Hoxha
“Nursing Management of Hard to Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy”
Klarida has been a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability for over ten years. She has managed the "Difficult Wound" care centre at the Ravenna Hyperbaric Centre. She is an expert in hyperbaric chamber assistance and various offshore experiences.
She has a strong academic background and has been on several writing committees on various Italian national guidelines. She also contributes at an international level, as with the TIMERS approach to hard-to-heal wounds (Tissue, Inflammation/Infection, Moisture balance, wound Edge, Regeneration of tissue and Social factors)
She sits on the AIUC (Italian Skin Ulcer Association) board of directors. She is actively involved in training courses for all healthcare professionals on the topic of management of patients suffering from chronic skin lesions of various aetiologies (vascular, pressure, rheumatic/neoplastic, diabetic foot ulcers), management of diagnosis and treatment and use of various bandages.