The FFESSM is organizing, for the first time, its national meeting of underwater activities on April 27 and 28, 2019, in Nice.
The Saturday will be dedicated to a major conference. It will take place in the amphitheater Le Galet of Pasteur 2, at the Nice University Hospital. The theme of this meeting: « from safety in everyday practice to the Sport-Health concept ». Jean-Louis Blanchard, president of the FFESSM, and explorer Alban Michon will be present to open this day of discussions:
– In the morning, a series of speakers from the national navy, FFESSM members, the Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Unit of Nice University Hospital, Turtle Prod, etc. will follow one another around the theme « dive safety and accident prevention ».
– The afternoon meetings will focus on « underwater activities, from competition to sport-health ». The discussions will be moderated by two federal doctors of the FFESSM: Jean-Michel Pontier and Carl Willem.
For underwater diving enthusiasts, on Sunday, exercises for the prevention of diving accidents on land and at sea will be organized. On land, the nautical base of Nice will be used for first aid workshops, reaction and intervention exercises, and demonstrations of micro-bubble detection. Dives will also be organized in the morning and early afternoon.
This national event, dedicated to the prevention of accidents and illnesses, is organized by the associations Sophygia Sport-Health and the Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Unit (UTOH) under the aegis of the Nice University Hospital and the FFESSM.
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