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The European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine has, during the last decade, become a common referral for state-of-the-art hyperbaric medicine practice and guidelines in Europe as well as internationally. This volume is intended to be the first one of a series, hence the name ECHM Collection, and covers the action of the ECHM since its inception. The multifaceted production of the ECHM will this way be more readily available to the international scientific community. The categories included are listed below and will give the reader a more comprehensive idea of the detail described in this new title. Over 60 contributors include internationally known members of the hyperbaric and diving medical communities.

Categories Include
History; Goals of ECHM; Structure of ECHM; ECHM Indications for HBOT; Acute Indications for HBOT-- Decompression Illness; Classification of Diving Accidents; Recompression Treatment; HBO Therapy; Infections, Reperfusion, Traumatic Edema, Bone Hypoxia, Diabetic Foot; Oxygenation & Healing Disorders; Wound Care; Hyperbaric Chambers; Standards, Fire Suppression, Staff Requirements, Certification; Research in HBO-10 year survey.

Table of Contents
Decompression Illness: What We Do Know, What We Don’t Know—Introductory Report
Decompression Illness—Final Report
HBO Indications for Emergency and Resuscitation Purposes
Acute Indications of HBO Therapy—Final Report
Chronic Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications: Hyperbaric Oxygenation and Healing Disorders—Introductory
Chronic Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications—Final Report
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Material, Equipment and Safety—Introductory Report
Material and Safety—Final Report
Personal, Professional and Educational Requirements for the Staff of a Hyperbaric Centre—Introductory Report
Personnel Education and Training Policies—Final Report
Research in Hyperbaric Oxygen: A Medline Survey of Ten Years—Introductory Report
Future Prospects in Research for Hyperbaric Oxygen — Final Report
Evolution of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Europe and the United States
Recommendations of the Jury
Treatment of Recreational Diving Decompression Accidents
Epidemiology, Symptomatology, and Treatment Results of Decompression Incidents in Professional Diving and Caisson Work
Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestation and Treatment Results of Recreational Diving Accidents
Descriptive Classification of Diving Accidents
Which Animal Models Are to be Used to Study Decompression Accidents?
Which Initial Recompression Treatment?
Fluid Infusions in the Adjunctive Treatment of Decompression Accidents in Recreational Diving: Which Protocols?
Drugs in the Adjunctive Treatment of Decompression Accidents in Recreational Diving: What Role?
Treatment of Recreational Diving Decompression Accidents
Recommendations of the Jury
Can HBOT Prevent Post-Traumatic Bone Hypoxia and Post-Traumatic Edema?
Which Role for HBO Therapy in the Prevention of Reperfusion Injury?
Which Role for HBO in the Prevention of Post-Traumatic Superimposed Infections?
Which Role for HBOT to Improve Tissue Salvage After Acute Musculo-Skeletal Trauma?
Which is the Role of HBOT in the Treatment of Chronic Musculo-Skeletal Post-Traumatic Sequelae?
Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Improving Final Clinical Outcome in Acute Musculo-Skeletal Trauma
Role of HBO in the treatment of diabetic foot lesion
Role of hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of diabetic foot lesions Expert Reports
Incidence and cost of foot lesions in diabetic patients
Pathophysiology and management of the diabetic foot
The diabetic foot: medical and podiatric aspects
Treatment of diabetic foot patients: surgical aspects
Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of infection of the diabetic foot
Is oxygen therapy a useful therapy for chronic wounds in diabetes: The Basics
Clinical trials evaluating HBO in the treatment of foot lesions in diabetic patients
Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of foot lesion in diabetic patients: Selection of patients
A cost-benefit evaluation of hyperbaric oxygen treatment of the diabetic foot
Cost-effectiveness—relation of the treatment of diabetic foot lesion with hyperbaric oxygen therapy versus standard therapy
Experience of a multidisciplinary unit
The Use of Sprayed Water as an Extinguishing Agent inside Hyperbaric Therapeutic Chambers
Fire Suppression in Hyperbaric Chambers
Fire Safety Standards, Regulations and Systems Used in the United Kingdom
Recent Activities of Germanischer Lloyd in the Field of Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting in Hyperbaric Chambers
Hyperbaric Medicine—Safe Medicine
Quality Management and Certification of Hyperbaric Facilities of the “Verband Deutscher Druckkammerzentren (VDD)e.V.” under Special Consideration of Fire Protection
Water-Based Fire Extinguishing
Possibilities for Minimizing Fire Risk in Hyperbaric Chamber
National Fire Protection Association Requirements for Hyperbaric Chamber Fire Suppression Systems in the United States
HBO—Chamber Safety
Joint Medical Subcommittee of ECHM and EDTC
ECHM Recommendations for Safety in Multiplace Medical Hyperbaric Chambers

Book Reviews
"The ECHM Collection represents a valuable addition to my library and is recommended to those who practice or support the discipline of hyperbaric medicine. For the past decade, the European hyperbaric community, through the auspices of its European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine, has worked cohesively and intelligently to define best practice standards. The results are impressive, yet the proceedings and reports that chronicle their recommended standards are increasingly difficult to acquire, particularly with the passage of time. That these works have been compiled into a single edition is enormously helpful. The extent and depth of the material is unmatched in a single edition."
Source: - Dick Clarke - The Baromedical Research Foundation

"The ECHM Collection, Volume 1 is intended to provide us with a more comprehensive idea of a multifaceted, multi-lingual and extremely variegated reality, such as the European scene of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in starting a valuable “Collection” of remarkable manuscripts from devoted hyperbaric specialists."
Source: - Dr. Peter HJ Mueller, European Journal of Hyperbaric and Underwater Medicine

"This volume, edited by three luminaries in hyperbaric medicine, Alessandro Marroni, Daniel Mathieu and Francis Wattel, fills a huge void in the retrievable European literature and it supplies not only key papers but thousands of references. When teaching, preparing slides or writing papers, you will be glad to have it on your book shelf!"
Source: - Eric P. Kindwall, MD