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Chamber Tours If you are visiting Playa del Carmen and would like to tour our facility, you are more than welcome! Chamber tours are free, but we do ask that you contact us during normal business hours by phone to arrange an appropriate time to ensure there is no interference with any patient treatments being conducted.
Tender / Operator Program (TOP) The TOP Program is our own in-house staff and volunteer training program. This program is designed as a stepping stone to becoming a professional chamber team member, it consists o three modules: 20 hrs. of theory, with written and oral exams; 30 hours of practical training using the chamber; and then 30 hrs of assisting full time staff in treating patients. Teaching Presentations / Lectures
Professional Affiliations The SSS Network / Playa Del Carmen Chamber
Facility is an International Divers Alert Network (IDAN) Referral Center,
part of the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and
a member of the European Underwater and Baromedical Society
(EUBS), and has the recognition of the Riviera Maya Association
of Dive and Water Sport Operators (APSA). We maintain our clinic on a 24 Hour Emergency Basis, with regularly scheduled hours of 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM seven days a week. Our staff includes full time Hyperbaric Physicians (including a borard certified internist, and an ENT) , Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's), Board Certified Hyperbaric Technologists (CHT's), Paramedics, Chamber Operators and Chamber Attendants. All staff are trained by accredited international associations in hyperbaric medicine. Listed below are some of our Playa key staff:
"Multiplace" and “Multi-Lock” chambers allow the chamber technician to transfer additional or relief staff or physician, supplies, and any other necessities in or out of the chamber without interrupting the treatment. The chamber may be pressurized up to 165 feet (fsw) / 50 meters, allowing us to provide any of the table options as outlined in the U.S. Navy treatment protocols. We also have mixed-gas treatment capabilities, COMEX tables, and have applied them in certain special cases.
With the assistance and support of a large number of dive operators in Playa, and through the BMM Riviera Maya ACCESS PROGRAM, we work to provide the safest possible treatment in the case of a diving accident. These Dive Operators have made a strong commitment to diving safety in the Playa del Carmen area and throughout the Riviera Maya. The Dive Operators are listed below in alphabetical order.
You may contact the SSS Network / Playa Facility via email, mail, and/or telephone/fax. Email: playa@sssnetwork.com
Phone: +52 (984) 873 1365/1216 Normal Clinic Hours are: 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (U.S. Central Time, - 6 GMT), 7 Days a Week Playa 24 Hour Emergency Line: 873
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HISTORY
The Playa del Carmen Hyperbaric Chamber and Clinic
serves this entire region. Our facility offers specialized
medical care for commercial and recreational SCUBA
divers suffering from Decompression Sickness (DCS) or Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE), and treats non-emergency
ailments (ear problems, fitness to dive
physicals, and the like). Divers and Non-divers are assessed
and treated by our three full time MD's who use the
most modern diagnostic tools such as video otoscopes
and the most up to date X-ray equipment in Playa.
We also occasionally use HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen
Therapy) to treat patients with non-diving related
ailments such a: thermal burns, non-healing wounds,
crush injuries, traumas, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
In our teaching and conference facilities,
we frequently host seminars for the local dive operators,
medical community, and the interested public.
We sponsor monthly presentations by chamber staff or international
guest speakers. These seminars are free of charge and will
be announced by e-mail, posters and our newsletter to all
members of the local diving community. Presentations include
topics such as: Chamber Orientation, DCS Prevention, Ear
Problems and Diving, Ear Infections, Principles of Recompression, Nitrogen Narcosis, Drugs interaction with diving, etc..
The
SSS Network / Playa del Carmen Hyperbaric Clinic uses
a Multiplace and Multi-Lock Recompression Chamber. It
is equipped to accommodate up to two patients plus an
inside attendant, who accompanies the patients for the
duration of the treatment.
The
Dive Operators in the Riviera Maya region formed the Riviera
Maya Association of Dive and Water Sport Operators (APSA).
Their philosophy is to ensure that members follow a
set of standards regarding safety and professionalism,
and conduct their educational programs with a high level
of quality. Strict guidelines are also set out in order
to continually preserve the fragile ecological system.
To learn more about APSA and the members who support them,
please find complete listings on their website.