Rob Houman - information

Fonctions occupées depuis 1990

1990 - Safety Manager - Hyperbaric Center - Military Hospital Queen Astrid – Brussels.

1996 - Administrator by the Advisory Committee of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Belgium.

1998 – 2004 Member of the Management Committee of COST Action B14 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy European Programme of Research)

1999 – 2001 Secretaire of Working Group Technical Aspects of COST Action B14 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

2000 - Administrator of the Société Scientifique Belge de Médecine Subaquatique et Hyperbare (Societé scientifique)

2001 - National Expert representing Belgium, by the CEN, on EN norm process CEN/BT/TF127 and CEN/TC 359 Hyperbaric Chambers.

2002 – 2004 Expert - Member of Working Group Safety of COST Action B14 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

2002 - Member of educational board of the course “ Fire Fighting Course in Hyperbaric Environment” organized by the Advisory Committee of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Belgium.

2002 - 2006 International expert by the Health & Safety Laroratory (UK). Outline Research programme: Control of fires in hyperbaric chambers.

2003 - President of the European Baromedical Association for Nurses, Operators and Technicians (International and non-profit association).

2003 - Member of the Societé de physiologie et de Médecine subaquatiques et hyperbares de langue française .

2006 - Chargé de cours auprès du CRESEPT (formation continue pour conseiller en prévention)

Liste des publications depuis 2002

Cost Action B14 working group technical aspects results - R. Houman

EUBS 27^th Annual Scientific Meeting –September 4 – 8 2002, Brugge –

Belgium p 126 – 128 - European Underwater & Baromedical Society

Management of fire risks in hospital hyperbaric environments - R. Houman

EUBS 27^th Annual Scientific Meeting –September 4 – 8 2002, Brugge –

Belgium p 138 – 142 - European Underwater & Baromedical Society

Hyperbaric Medicine Technology and safety : integration of European Directives -

R. Houman - EUBS 28^th Annual Scientific Meeting – August 27 – 30; 2003

Copenhagen – Danmark. European Underwater & Baromedical Society

Normalisation of therapeutic hyperbaric systems: interpretation of the

essential requirements of European Directive CE 93/42 in terms of standards

- R. Houman

EUBS 28^th Annual Scientific Meeting – August 27 – 30; 2003 Copenhagen

– Danmark - European Underwater & Baromedical Society

Benefits of NATO-wide Collaboration of Military Hyperbaric Oxygen

Therapy Centers – R. Houman - 1^st NATO Medical Conference –September 1 – 4;

2003 - Ljubjana, Slovénie

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: organisation of the collection and transmission

of data concerning patients sessions - R. Houman

EUBS 29^th Annual Scientific Meeting – Ajaccio – France – September 15 – 19 2004

European Underwater & Baromedical Society

The rating of satisfaction factor among patients in a clinical hyperbaric center

– R. Houman - EUBS 29^th Annual Scientific Meeting – Ajaccio – France –

September 15 – 19 2004 - European Underwater & Baromedical Society

Fire risk and Prevention – R. Houman - 7^th European Consensus Conference

on Hyperbaric Medicine – Lille – France - 3 – 4 December 2004

Pressure points - R. Houman

Fire Prevention – Fire Engineers Journal – December 2004

A European code of good practice for hyperbaric oxygen therapy - Jacek Kot

(Secrétaire, PL), Jordi Desola (E), Antonio Gata Simao (P), Roly Gough-Allen (UK),

Robert Houman (B), Jean-Louis Meliet / François Galland (F), Christian Mortensen (DK),
Peter Mueller (D), Seppo Sipinen (FIN) - European journal of underwater and hyperbaric medicine

Un code Européen de bonne pratique pour l’oxygénothérapie hyperbare -

R. Houman (B), F. Galland (F) -

Traduction française du “European code of good practice

for hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Comparison of incident rates during intensive care versus

non intensive care HBO sessions –

a prospective one month observational study in eight european centres

J. Kot, M. Hajek, R. Houman, K. Huberta, A. Kemmer, H. Kirchner, P. Longobardi,

C. Mortensen, J. Perttila

EUBS 30^th Annual Scientific Meeting – Barcelona – Spain,

September 7 – 11, 2005 European Underwater & Baromedical Society

Initial and continuous education and training for hyperbaric centre personnel

Schwarz, A; Atkey P, Campanaro, V; Damiens, D; R. Houman, Kanstinger A,

Kelner B, van der Tol M

EUBS 30^th Annual Scientific Meeting – Barcelona – Spain, September 7 – 11,

2005 European Underwater & Baromedical Society

A fire fighting course in hyperbaric environment : A necessity ? - R.Houman –

P. Germonpré - EUBS 30^th Annual Scientific Meeting – Barcelona – Spain,

September 7 – 11, 2005 European Underwater & Baromedical Society

Le développement de la mesure d'indices de satisfaction de patients

d'un centre hyperbare hospitalier. R. Houman

Bulletin de médecine subaquatique et hyperbare – 2004,12 p 81-85 –

Société de physiologie et de médecine subaquatiques et hyperbares

de langue française

Méthodologie d’intégration de dispositifs médicaux en milieu hyperbare –

P. Cony; D. Mathieu; R. Houman - ITBM – RBM 26 (2005) p363 – 370 -

Ed Elsevier

European Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine

chapter 3.1 hyperbaric chamber and equipment – J. Kot; R. Houman; P. Muller –

p 611 – 636 - chapter 3.7 Safety in HBO – J. Kot; R. Houman; R. Gough-Allen – p 691 - 714

Editor: D. Mathieu – Springer Ed. 2006

EBAss – ECHM Education Resource Manual – 2008 - Co Author

The introduction of a medical device into therapeutic hyperbaric chamber: Evaluation method of the risks - R. Houman – EUBS 34^th Annual Scientific Meeting – Graz – Austria, September, 2008 European Underwater & Baromedical Society

The protection against biologic agents inside therapeutic hyperbaric chamber: elements of strategy - R. Houman – EUBS 36^th Annual Scientific Meeting – Istanbul – Turkey, September, 2010 European Underwater & Baromedical Society

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