2010-12-03 09:50 by Administrateur
The FQAS annual general assembly took place at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal on November 27th 2010. The FQAS was also offering 2 continuous training sessions of 2 hours to all its members present. The CMPQ was invited to participate in those training sessions. We presented on the rapid neurological evaluation of a stricken diver and also the treatment procedures in a hyperbaric stretcher.
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2010-09-15 14:33 by Administrateur
The CMPQ Medical Director and the Coordinator took part of the diving Jamboree which was held at Percé, Quebec from the 12th to the 15th August 2010. More than 500 dives were completed during the event. This was the most important event of its kind in Canada. The CMPQ wanted to participate at this event in order to meet the divers and to make them aware of the services offer by them.
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2009-06-01 13:24 by Administrateur
On May 7th 2009, the Quebec Premier, Mr. Jean Charest along with the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Yves Bolduc, announced a 44 million dollar investment for a new Emergency and Hyperbaric department at the CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis.
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2009-04-21 18:28 by Administrateur
In 1997, the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) put in place an expert comity in charge of reviewing the rules and regulations for professional diving in Québec. This comity met on several times during the past 10 years and proposed new rules and regulations which were finally adopted in 2007.
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2009-01-08 11:04 by Administrateur
In 2007, the CMPQ worked closely with the CSST, Direction régionale Bas Saint Laurent, and the Rimouski IMQ to organize a symposium on commercial diving. A similar event was held in 1999 but, to the disappointment of many, it was never repeated.
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