Lectures of the 7th International Symposium “Diving AST 2009” Pierre Dernier, (BEL) Dr. Gerth is coauthor of the Decompression Theory chapter in www.cmas.org/general/bd.asp the 5th Edition of Bennett and Elliott’s Physiology and Professional activities Medicine of Diving, co-editor of the UHMS publication Survival - Surgeon specialized in emergency and Analysis and Maximum Likelihood Techniques As Applied to disaster medicine Physiological Modeling, and developer of decompression - Chief of the Emergency Dpt at the Centre tables in the U.S. Navy Diving Manual for helium-oxygen diving Hospitalier Etterbeek Ixelles with the MK 16 Mod 1 underwater breathing apparatus. - Professer at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Brussels - Training Master in emergency and disaster medicine of the Patrick Musimu (BEL) http://www.patrickmusimu.com/ Université Libre de Bruxelles - Founding Member of the Belgian Society of Emergency and Extreme free diver Patrick Musimu is the first Disaster Medicine man on the world who reaches the incredible depth of 209.6 meters in a single breath. Diving activities C.M.A.S. three stars instructor Free Diving World Records: Diver since 1974 No Limit: 209,6 metres / 692 ft, Egypt 2005 Number of dives: ± 1.400 200metres / 660 ft, Egypt 2005 Federal activities: 185 metres / 610 ft, Egypt 2005 LIFRAS: Belgian French speaking League of Underwater Variable Ballast: 120 metres / 396 ft, Mexico 2002 Activities ) Constant ballast: 87 metres / 287 ft, Dominican Republic, 2002 - Member of the Managing Board of the la LIFRAS from 1983 Free Immersion: 65 metres / 215 ft, Belgium 2000 to 2004 Constant Ballast: 63 metres /208 ft, Belgium 2000 - President from 1985 to 1996 Breath Holding record: 8 minutes 33 sec - Member of the Medical commission and Federal Doctor - African Award 2006 since 1978 - First ranking at the Free diving world Championships FEBRAS: Belgian Federation of Underwater Activities (Belgium and Swiss Cup) 2000 - Member of the Managing Board since 1980 - First ranking at the Free diving Belgian Championships 2000 - President from 1994 to 1996 CMAS Miscellaneous: Member of the Board of Directors since 1991 and member of - International Sports Event Organizer (PR, press, logistic) the Steering Committee - R&D: development of the “Air Cavity Flooding” technique - Treasurer from 1991 to 1997 - DAN Europe (Divers Alert Network) Europe Apnea Task - Secretary General ad interim since December 1995 Force Coordinator - Secretary General since 1997 - Author: “209 metres below sea... a forgotten lake” IWGA (International World Games Association) - Tae Kwon Do and Kick boxer trainer - Chairman of the Medical Anti Doping Commission since - Ambassador for the NGO “Doctors of the World” 2000. Medal holder of Peter Denoble, MD, D.Sc. (USA) http://www.duke.edu/search/?q=petar+denoble - First class Civic Medal ( Belgium ) - Officer in the Crown Order ( Belgium ) Petar J. Denoble, M.D., D.Sc. is a Senior - Officer in the Leopold Order ( Belgium ) Research Director for DAN. He received his medical degree from Zagreb University Medical School in 1974. In 1978 he Karl Heinz Kerll (GER) became Diving Medical Officer in Navy of http://www.kerll-ms.de/ former Yugoslavia where he completed He is the last of the cofounders of C.M.A.S. postgraduate training in naval and diving which was established in 1959 in Monaco medicine. Since 1982 through 1991 he and honorary vice president of C.M.A.S. was a diving medicine specialist and researcher at Naval Medical Institute in Split, Croatia. He was involved with development of rebreathers, technical diving, saturation diving, treatment of diving illness and hyperbaric medicine. In 1991 he obtained a doctoral degree (thesis: The predictors of efficiency Wayne A. Gerth, PhD (USA) in underwater swimming using oxygen-rebreathing apparatus). http://www.supsalv.org/nedu/org.htm In 1992 Dr. Denoble joined DAN as a researcher in dive safety. He is currently the touchstone at DAN for Project Dive Professional Experience: Exploration and the DAN Injury and Fatality Database. He Present: Research Physiologist; U.S. Navy coordinates development of software tools for data collection, Experimental Diving Unit, Panama City, FL. management and analysis within DAN Research and Present: Adjunct Assistant Professor; coordinates standardization of data with dive computer Department of Anesthesiology; Duke manufacturers. University Medical Center; Durham, NC. Dr. Gerth has authored or coauthored 25 peer-reviewed Valerio Grassi (ITA) papers in the scientific literature, 17 papers in symposium or http://www.seatec.it/eng/index.html workshop proceedings, 75 abstracts presented at various scientific meetings, and more than 19 contract and technical The great diving legend who has wide reports, all dealing with the physiology and biophysics of experience in the spearguns' world. decompression in divers, disabled submarine personnel, The father the O.MeR. and designer for aviators, or astronauts; biomedical applications of electrical Seatec. impedance spectroscopy; the pressure dependence of gas solubility in liquids; plant growth at reduced atmospheric pressures, and; gas secretion in deep-sea fish swim bladders. International Societies Association IAHD Adriatic Lectures of the 7th International Symposium “Diving AST 2009” Dragisa Koprivica (SCG) Marino Brzac (CRO) http://www.dcneptun.com/?language=2 Marino Brzac is one of the best underwater In 1964 he finished the Marine-technical cameramen in Adriatic region. military school. He is C.M.A.S. two stars instructor and In 1965 he finished the course for deep diving instructor. submariners and was embarked on “SUTJESKA” submarine. In 1968 he was set as crew member on the RECENT UNDERWATER FILM PROJECTS: new submarine “HEROJ”. - 1998: Greek bronze statue APOKSIOMEN, island Orijule, In 1969 he went in USSR for being trained for Instructors of international diving team. Deep diving and Rescuing of ships and submarines. - 2000: Austro-Hungarian battle ship ZENTA, Montenegro, Dragisa and his friends were the first foreigners who reached Austrian-Croatian diving expedition. the depth of 160 m. - 2001: Steam liner LINZ, Albania, Austrian-Croatian- In 1976 he was embarked on a new ship PS-12 SPASILAC, Slovenian International diving expedition. which Yugoslav Navy built for purposes of rescuing on sea - 2002: American flying fortress B-17, island Vis, Croatian with modern apparatus for deep diving. trimix diving team. In 1982 he worked in the Institute for submarine medicine at - 2003: Foto-video expedition, Light house SUSAC, island Military hospital in Split, Susac, Croatian-Slovenian international diving expedition. In 1990 in Split he got the vocation of 3* CMAS Instructor. - 2004: German Submarine MOLCH, Italy, Italian-Slovenian He dedicated his own life to divers training, so that he became international diving expedition. a member, later the president, of the Teaching Council of - 2004: Roman shipwreck from the 1st Century B.C., island Diving Association of Croatia. Pag, Croatian diving team. - 2004: Roman shipwreck from the 2nd Century B.C., island Rab, Croatian diving team. Umberto Pelizzari (ITA) - 2004: 2nd World championship in Free diving JUMP BLUE, http://www.umbertopelizzari.com/index_en.p Rovinj- Medulin. hp - 2004: International project “VIŠKI BRODOLOMI”, island Vis, Umberto Pelizzari is an Italian freediver, Croatian-Slovenian diving expedition. widely considered among the best of all - 2004: BIOS WORLD RECORDS, breaking the world times. Of his era, he is the sole to have records in free diving championship, Greece, international established world records in all the then diving team. existing disciplines of freediving. - 2005: Expedition “PAŠKI BRODOVI”, island Pag, Croatian trimix diving team. Sportive achievements: - 2005: Search and recovery expedition of Italian Admiral At 1.89m and 84kg, In 1990 Pelizzari obtained the world record ship Re d” from “VIŠKE BITKE”, France-Croatian in the respected discipline Constant Weight with -65 m (-213 international archeological and diving team island Vis. feet), while in the following year establishing his first record in - 2005: Austro-Hungarian battle ship „SZENT ISTVAN“, the Variable Weight discipline with -95 m (-311 feet). On Italian-Croatian team of trimix diver and archeologist. October 26 of the same year he pushed himself to -118 m (387 - 2005: Underwater filming for Croatian national TV “TAJNE feet) to set a new world record in the No Limits discipline. PODMORJA”, Croatian trimix diving team. All through the 1990s Pelizzari became famous for his sportive rivalry with the time's other world top freediver, Cuban Stracimir Gosovic, MD, PhD (CRO) Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras, originally a close training friend around 1990. Particularly in No-Limits, Pelizzari and Ferreras Stracimir Gosovic is the founder, and was for pushed each other deeper and deeper, and subsequently many years the director of the Department for Pelizzari enhanced his measures to establish round markers in Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine of the Constant Weight with -80 m (262 feet), and in No Limits with Naval Medical Institute in Split, Croatia. He is founder of 150 m (492 feet), both these at the same event in October contemporary underwater and hyperbaric medicine on the area 1999. of ex Yugoslavia. He started with hyperbaric medicine as a The rivalry of Pelizzari and Ferreras became the focus of the scientific and medico-clinical discipline in 1969 and with 2001 IMAX production Ocean Men: Extreme Dive, directed by contemporary deep