** COVID-19: ECHM Position Statement on HBOT
In response to the current and ongoing COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM) has issued guidelines and recommendations for hyperbaric centres. The hyperbaric treatment environment creates unique challenges and risks, that need to be considered and evaluated, besides the general recommendations issued by local, national and international health care authorities.
This is a matter of urgency !
Please download and read the attached document. The original document is in English, but translated versions, thanks to our community, are available below and on the ECHM website (www.echm.org).
Let us face this unprecedented challenge, together, in concerted action, and take the necessary measures to protect our patients and (para)medical personnel.
English: ECHM position on HBOT and COVID-19 (16th March 2020)
Français: Position de l’ECHM sur OHB et COVID-19 (16th March 2020)
Portuguese: Recomendações do ECHM no HBOT e COVID-19 (16 March 2020)
Czech: Poziční dokument coronavirus ECHM převzatý ČSHLM (16 March 2020)
Italian: Posizionamento dell’ECHM sulla OTI e COVID-19 (16th March 2020)
Polish: Stanowisko ECHM HBOT i COVID-19 (16th March 2020)
Spanish: Posicion del ECHM sobre HBOT y COVID-19 (16 de Marzo 2020)
Nederlands: Standpunt ECHM over HBOT en COVID-19 (16th March 2020)
Greek: ECHM position on HBOT and COVID-19 (16th March 2020)
Turkish: ECHM position on HBOT and COVID-19 (16th March 2020)
German: ECHM position on HBOT and COVID-19 (16th March 2020)