BRET GILLIAM

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Formal Papers and Publications - 1972-2021

 

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS ACCIDENTS

Virgin Islands Civil Defense and Red Cross publication 1972 (with revisions through 1982)

 

EXTENDING THE WORKING CAPABILITY AND DEPTH OF THE SCUBA DIVER BREATHING A COMPRESSED AIR MEDIA

Proceedings of the 1974 International Conference On Underwater Education (IQ6)

 

SEARCH & RESCUE PROTOCOLS FOR OCEAN RESPONSE TEAMS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

Virgin Islands Civil Defense and Red Cross publication 1974 (with revisions through 1979)

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THE RESORT INSTRUCTOR WITH YOUR TRAVELING STUDENTS

Proceedings of the 1976 International Conference On Underwater Education (IQ8)

 

ARE CURRENT CERTIFICATION COURSES REALLY ADEQUATE FOR TODAY’S STUDENTS?

Proceedings of the 1977 International Conference On Underwater Education (IQ9)

 

DIVING ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT FIELD GUIDE: OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION AND RECOMPRESSION THERAPY

Ocean Tech Publication, 1981 through revisions to 1991.

 

DIVING OPERATIONS MANUAL

Ocean Quest International, 1988-90

 

HELICOPTER EVACUATION OF DIVING PATIENTS FROM VESSELS

Ocean Tech 1990

 

SUMMARY OF DIVING TREATMENTS BY OCEAN QUEST INTERNATIONAL ON BOARD RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER FACILITY

(Clinical Presentations of DCS and AGE)

Ocean Tech Publication March 1990

 

A COMPARISON OF THE INCIDENCE OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS IN MEN AND WOMEN DIVERS USING DECOMPRESSION TABLES AND DIVING COMPUTERS

Proceedings Journal of the 1990 American Academy of Underwater Sciences (with Dr.R.K.Hill,M.D.)

 

EVALUATION OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS IN MULTI-DAY REPETITIVE DIVING FOR 77,680 SPORT DIVES

Proceedings Journal for the joint American Academy of Underwater Sciences/DAN Conference

March 1991

South Pacific Undersea Medical Society Journal January-March 1992

 

INERT GAS NARCOSIS: METHODS VERSUS MYTHS

Proceedings Jourrnal of The 1991 International Conference on Underwater Education

 

THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF PROMULGATING RESTRICTIVE DIVING STANDARDS

 

STRAIGHT TALK ON DEEPER DIVING: THE NEED FOR PROPER TRAINING

Proceedings Journal of The 1992 International Conference on Underwater Education

 

EVACUATION AND FIELD MANAGEMENT FOR OFFSHORE DIVING ACCIDENTS

Proceedings Journal of the Tek 93 Conference

 

PRACTICAL USE OF DIVING COMPUTERS IN SPORT DIVING APPLICATIONS

Proceedings Journal of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) 1993

 

A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CONTROVERSY OF DEEPER DIVING WITHIN THE RECREATIONAL/SPORT COMMUNITY

Proceedings Journal of the Deep Diving Conference, SDRG 1993

 

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS: THEORY AND TREATMENT

 

UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF MIXED GAS DIVING

 

APPLICATIONS OF ENRICHED AIR NITROX TECHNOLOGY

 

CONSIDERATIONS OF OXYGEN IN DIVING MIXTURES

 

EVALUATION OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS INCIDENCE IN MULTI-DAY REPETITIVE DIVING FOR 77,680 SPORT DIVES

 

RECREATIONAL DIVING DCS INCIDENCE FACTORS

Proceedings Journal of The International Society of Aquatic Medicine, 1993 Symposium

 

OPERATIONAL SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR SPORT DIVING COMPUTERS

Proceedings Journal of the 1993 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Conference

 

IN-WATER RECOMPRESSION TECHNIQUES IN THE FIELD

Proceedings Journal of the 1994 TEK Conference

 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF DIVING BARATRAUMA INJURIES: DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS AND ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM

Proceedings Journal of the 1994 International Conference on Underwater Education

 

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIVE COMPUTERS IN REPETITIVE DIVING

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 1995 PROCEEDINGS

 

FIELD EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

International Training Inc. Annual Instructor Conference, 1999

 

TDI AGENCY REPORT ON NITROX TRAINING 1994-2000

Dan Nitrox Workshop Proceedings 2001

 

RISK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS

International Training Inc. 2008

 

AN OVERVIEW TO DIVING INDUSTRY ACCIDENTS, RISK MANAGEMENT, LAWSUITS AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE

Diving Fatality Conference, sponsored by International Training Inc. Risk Management

 

A PERSONAL OVERVIEW OF ACCIDENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE RECREATIONAL DIVING INDUSTRY

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal, Spums and Eubs, New Zealand, September 2010

 

SUGGESTED PROTOCOL FOR EMERGENCY IN-WATER RECOMPRESSION

Ocean Tech, (Indonesian Diving Vessels), April 2016