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Meet the Oceanside Hyperbaric Team

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Left to right: Ross Harrison, Terry Carpenter, Don Vergara, Pawel Szopa (absent: John Russell)
Terry Carpenter - Director and Hyperbaric Technician - Email Terry
As a former dive shop owner prior to owning Oceanside Hyperbaric, Terry has accumulated over 25 years of experience diving and dive instruction. His training also includes two certificates from International ATMO, on Hyperbaric Safety and Hyperbaric Chamber Acrylics. Now with over 10 years of hyperbaric experience, he brings a valuable healing modality to the Oceanside area. His mission is to provide the highest quality hyperbaric oxygen therapy experience to the community at the most affordable price.  
Pawel Szopa BSc(Kin), CHT - Safety Director - Email Pawel
As National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology (NBDHMT) Certified Hyperbaric Technologist (CHT), Pawel brings over 10 years of clinical hyperbaric experience to the Oceanside area. His training at Hyperbarics International in Florida and Safety Director and Hyperbaric Chamber Acrylic training at International ATMO in Texas complements his BSc in Kinesiology, Certificate in Applied Human Nutrition and Certificate in Health and Fitness Studies from SFU. Pawel's goal is to educate the public about the vast array of benefits hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can provide.
Don Vergara - Hyperbaric Technician
As a Registered Nurse, Don has five years of acute medical experience working at Royal Columbian Hospital. Don is looking to expand his health knowledge beyond the hospital paradigm and looking toward more holistic and functional approaches to help clients with their current health conditions. Don's goal is to educate and learn from the public traditional and functional methods of maintaining or improving health status. His mission is to optimize human health and expand the role of hyperbaric medicine.  Don is also a professional golfer and athlete.  
John Russell PCP, DMT, PADI Rescue Diver – Diver Medic Technician
As a Licensed Primary Care Paramedic with 35 years ambulance service doing over 25,000 calls, John brings extensive patient assessment experience to the hyperbaric field. Also, he has his National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology (NBDHMT) Diver Medic Technician (DMT) certification. John’s goal is to help as many people as possible in this growing field of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). John has a love of sports & diving and has seen the positive effects of HBOT in both fields.
Ross Harrison, Retired MD  - Hyperbaric Technician
Being associated with hyperbaric medicine since 2001, he has considerable experience and can serve in an advisory capacity to the other technicians at Oceanside Hyperbaric.

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#10-1009 Allsbrook Rd
Parksville, BC, Canada
V9P2A9

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UHMS Approved Conditions

Air or Gas Embolism
CO, Cyanide Poisoning
Gas Gangrene

Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome etc.
Decompression Sickness
Problem Wounds, CRAO
Severe Anemia
Intracranial Abscess
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Refractory Osteomyelitis
Delayed Radiation Injury
Compromized Grafts and Flaps
Acute Thermal Burn
ISS Hearing Loss  (ISSHL)

Investigational Conditions

Lyme Disease
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Shingles / Herpes Zoster
Headache
Calciphylaxis

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Livedoid Vasculopathy
Venous Stasis Ulcer
Pressure Ulcer
Scleroderma, Raynauds
Multiple Sclerosis
Type 1 Diabetes
Psoriasis
Arthritis
Pyoderma Gangenosum
Stroke
TBI and PTSD in Vets
Epilepsy

Post Concussion Syndrome
Alzheimer's Disease
Autism

Crohn's, Colitis
Peripheral Artery Disease
Erythromelalgia
CRPS, RSD
Peripheral Neuropathy

Degenerative Disc Disease

Fibromyalgia
Cancer
 (General)
Fractures

Glaucoma
Macular Degeneration
Macular Edema
Periodontal Disease
Dental Implants
BRONJ
Type 2 Diabetes


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