Trinidad and Tobago’s latest hyperbaric facility will provide opportunities for local and regional medical practitioners to be certified hyperbaric technologists and diving technicians.
This is according to the Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training, Hansen Narinesingh.
As he officially opened Trinidad and Tobago’s latest hyperbaric facility located in Marabella, Mr. Narinesingh highlighted the facility’s benefits to the medical and academic communities.
“I see opportunity, opportunity for training and opportunity for development in health care. This facility provides hands-on experience for students in nursing, physiotherapy, medical technology and allied health fields. It will support practical learning, specialised certification and continuous professional development with international best practice.”
President of the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine and Lead Consultant of the International Hyperbaric Medical Facility, Dr. Tyler Sexton, described the new medical tool.
“This is the largest hyperbaric chamber for this region: a six-person, double-lock, 688 TN model. It is capable of doing all of the dive injuries along with things that is necessary along with clinical indication drive medicine. It’s a double lock, so you could bring patients in and out, you could bring your personnel in and out. We also do provide training for individuals as well.”
Dr. Sexton also noted that the facility will provide training for both local practitioners and regional students.
“We train certified hyperbaric specialists, which is a 40-hour course that a person must take, and then we do hours. You must take clinical hours to understand how to operate a chamber, how to function on it successfully and safely. We teach all of that here at this facility. So have an internship, you could do your six weeks of hours, your 40-hour course. You could become a certified specialist. That is an international certification that can go here and the US and abroad, and you can work at a hyperbaric facility with the right qualifications.”