JOHN STEVEN WOOD, RRT, CHT
116 E. French Place
San Antonio, Texas 78212
(210) 823-2200
Education/Specialty Training
· Inspection, Maintenance, and Documentation of Hyperbaric Chamber Acrylics Course, Orlando, FL, June 25, 2006
· Hyperbaric Safety Director Training, May 2002
· Fire Hazards in Oxygen Systems, ASTM, November, 1997
· Sechrist Industries, Hyperbaric Chamber Maintenance and Repair, August 1999, February 1994
· Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Clinical Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Course, March 1986
· Louisiana Hospital Association School for Supervisory Training, 1985
· Louisiana State University, Alexandria, LA, 1980 - 83 (Nursing, General Studies)
· Louisiana College, Pineville, LA, 1974 - 75 (Biology)
Work History
· Hyperbaric America, LLC, Boca Raton, FL, 6-08 - 5-09, Senior Vice President
· National Healing Corporation, Inc., Boca Raton, FL/Medical Multiplex, Inc., Louisville, KY, 7-01 - 6-08, Director, Facility Planning and Safety/Senior Vice President for Facility Design and Clinical Technology
· Hyperbaric Specialty Consultants, Inc., San Antonio, TX, 9-99 – 7-01, President
· Advanced Baromedical Systems, Inc., San Antonio, TX, 8-97 – 1-00, President
· TotalWound Treatment Center/Hyperbaric Oxygen, Inc., San Antonio, TX, 8-92 – 8-00. Vice President, Director of Hyperbaric Services
· Reneau, Inc., Stafford, TX, 10-87 - 10-92. Vice President/Hyperbaric Applications Specialist
· St. Patrick Hospital, Lake Charles, LA, 9-83 - 10-87.
o Technical Coordinator, Regional Hyperbaric Center (2-86 to 10-87)
o Acting Director, Respiratory Therapy (7-85 to 7-86)
o Shift Supervisor (9-83 to 7-85), Respiratory Therapy
· St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, LA, 3-80 - 9-83. Shift Supervisor, Respiratory Therapy
· Alexandria Vo-Tech Institute, Alexandria, LA, 5-82 - 10-82. Associate Instructor, Health Occupations
· Williams’ Physicians’ and Surgeons’ Supply, Shreveport, LA, 11-79 - 3-80. Sales Representative
· Minden Medical Center, Minden, LA, 12-77 - 10-79. Department Head, Respiratory Therapy, EKG/EEG
· Respiratory Care Services, Inc., Jackson, MS., 7-72 - 5-74 / 5-75 - 12-77.
o Winnfield General Hospital, Winnfield, LA 72-74, Staff Technician, Respiratory Therapy
o Many Hospital, Many, LA / Franklin Parish Hospital, Winnsboro, LA, 5-75 - 12-77, Department Head, Respiratory Therapy
· Rapides General Hospital, Alexandria, LA, 5-74 - 5-75, Staff Technician, Respiratory Therapy
· Winnfield General Hospital, Winnfield, LA, 5-72 - 7-72, Staff Technician, Respiratory Therapy
Current Employment Responsibilities
Provide a full range of consultive, management, technical, and educational services to providers of hyperbaric therapy. Utilizing my wide range of hyperbaric experience I provide assistance to hyperbaric providers on topics including: market analysis, feasibility studies, equipment specification and acquisition, facility design, training, hyperbaric chamber repair and preventive maintenance, regulatory and reimbursement issues and operational management consultation and support.
Credentials
· Current, date attained
o Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician, 1974 (inactive)
o Registered Respiratory Therapist #18892, 1983 (inactive)
o Certified Hyperbaric Technologist #340 (with distinction), 1993
· Previous, date attained
o Licensed Respiratory Therapist, State of Louisiana #106, 1987
o CPR Instructor-Trainer
o Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor
o Emergency Medical Technician, 1978
o CPR Instructor-Trainer, 1979
o CPR Affiliate Faculty, 1979
Honors and Awards
· Paul C. Baker Award for “outstanding contributions to the advancement of safety in hyperbarics worldwide”, UHMS Associates, June 2006
· Award for Excellence in Paper Presentation, UHMS Associates, June 2005
· 1st Place, UHMS Talent Show, May 1998
· 3rd Place, Scientific Papers, Tri-State Respiratory Therapy Conference, August 1986
· 2nd Place, Scientific Papers, Tri-State Respiratory Therapy Conference, August 1984
· 1st Place, Scientific Papers, Tri-State Respiratory Therapy Conference, August 1983
· Outstanding Young Men of America, 1984
· Service Award, Central Louisiana EMS Council, 1983
Professional Organizations
· Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Association (founding member)
o Treasurer, 1999 – 2000
o Vice President, 1998-9
· Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
o Associate Member Since 1986
o Member, Associates Nominations and Awards Committee, 1997 – 99
o Chair, Associates Nominations and Elections Committee, 2000
o Associates Board of Directors
§ Chairman-elect, UHMS Associates, 1999 – 2001
§ Chairman, UHMS Associates, 2001- 2003
§ Board Member (Past Chair), 2003 - 2007
o Chair, UHMS Associates Facility Design Committee, 2003-present
o Surveyor, UHMS Hyperbaric Facility Accreditation Program, 2002 – present
o Member, Facility Accreditation Council, 2003-2005
o Webmaster, UHMS Associates, 2002 - present
o Member, Website Committee, 2005
· National Fire Protection Association
o Committee on Hyperbaric and Hypobaric Facilities, 1997 - 2002
· American Association for Respiratory Therapy
o 1974 - 2002
· Louisiana Society for Respiratory Therapy
o Treasurer (by appointment), 1985
o Chairman, Publications Committee, 1985
o Editor, the AEROGRAM, 1985
o Chairman, Program Committee, 1985
o Chairman, Membership Committee, Reapportionment Committee 1984
o Co-Chairman, Program Committee, 1984-85
o Member, Legislative Committee,1984-85
o Member, Public Relations Committee, 1984
o Moderator, 1983 Annual Meeting
· American Heart Association - Louisiana Affiliate
o CPR-Emergency Cardiac Care Committee 1979-82
o AHA-LA, Area III CPR Committee Chairman, 1982-83
· Central Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Council
o Secretary, 1982-83
Civic/Other Organizations and Publications
· Urban Campfires community house concert series – www.urbancampfires.com – a monthly music series featuring singer/songwriters. Host/webmaster, 1998-present
· San Antonio/Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization, Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee, 2005 – 2006
· International Human Powered Vehicle Association, Member, 2002 – 2005
· “Bent Biking in Holland”(recumbent bicycle touring in Holland), BentRider Online, Volume 2.6, June 2001, www.bentrideronline.com
Professional Publications
· Hyperbaric Medicine Today magazine:
o Columnist “Hyperbaric Humor”, Volume I, Issues 4 & 5, 2001
o Contributing writer “Guide to Transcutaneous Monitors”, conference reports, appearing in Volume I, Issues 4 & 5, 2001
· Chapter: “Static Electricity” in Workman, W.T. ed., Hyperbaric Facility Safety: A Practical Approach, Best Publishing Co., 1999
· “More Efficient Cooler for Arterial Blood Samples”, Resp. Care, Jan. ‘77
o Response to” Questions about Blood Gas Cooler”, Resp. Care, May ‘77
· “Competition - the Name of the Game” (Co-author: Joyce Chiantella, RRT) “Biofeedback” (published by Biosystems Institute, Inc.), Vol. 1, No. 2, 1985
Speaking Engagements
· “Challenges in the Monoplace World”, UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, June 2007
· “Hyperbaric Facility Design and the AIA”, UHMS Associates Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL, June 2006
· “Air Break Masks for Monoplace Chambers”, UHMS Associates Annual Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, June 2005 (Presentation Award winner)
· “Selecting Smoke Hoods for Hyperbaric Facilities”, UHMS Associates Annual Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, June 2005
· “Hyperbaric Facility Design Recommendations”, UHMS Associates Annual Scientific Meeting/Joint Meeting with BNA and UHMS Gulf Coast Chapter, Dallas, TX, August 2004
· “Static Sparks” and “UHMS Facility Accreditation Update”, August 2003, Technical Aspects of Hyperbaric Chamber Safety, San Antonio, TX
· “Designing a Monoplace Facility”, UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, June 2003
· Session moderator, UHMS Associates Annual Meeting 2002
· “Buyer’s Guide to Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitors”, UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting, June 2001
· “Practical Aspects of Static Control”, March 1997, March 1998, April 1999 at Technical Aspects of Hyperbaric Chamber Safety seminar, San Antonio, TX.
· “Ignition Characteristics of Textiles Exposed to 100% Oxygen at 2.4 ATA”, March 1998, UHMS Gulf Coast Chapter Meeting, Galveston, TX
· “The Risk of Static Spark Ignition in Enriched Oxygen Environments” Presented at:
o Seminar: “Oxygen, Understanding the Risk”, Hobart, Tasmania, August 1996
o Meeting of the National Fire Protection Association Hyperbaric/Hypobaric Subcommittee, San Antonio, TX, October, 1996
o UHMS Gulf Coast Chapter Meeting, Panama City, Florida, March, 1997
o Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, June 1997
· “Using Tympanometry to Assess Eustachean Tube Function”
o Winter Symposium on Baromedicine, Breckenridge, Colorado, January 1994
o Hyperbaric Technician and Nurses’ Association of Australia Annual Meeting, Hobart, Tasmania, August 1996
· “Oxygen Diffusion Through Occlusive Dressing Materials During Hyperbaric Exposure - A Preliminary Report of Methodology and Initial Data”, Gulf Coast Chapter, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, April 1993
· “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and the Respiratory Care Practitioner”:
o Mississippi Society for Respiratory Care Annual Meeting, October 1992;
o Cenla Chapter, Louisiana Society for Respiratory Care, February 1993
· “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and the Expansion of Respiratory Care Services”:
o LSRT Chapter II Lake Bistineau Retreat, September 1986;
o Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care Annual Meeting, September 1986;
o Louisiana Society for Respiratory Therapy Annual Convention, February 1987;
o Iowa Society for Respiratory Care Annual Meeting, March 1987
· “Clinical Application of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy”:
o TriState Respiratory Therapy Conference, August 1987
o West Virginia Society for Respiratory Care Annual Meeting, August 1988
· “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitoring”: Novametrix Medical Systems national sales meeting, November 1987
· “Design Considerations in the Selection of a Hyperbaric Chamber” presented at Scientific Papers (Third Place Award), Tri-State Respiratory Therapy Conference, August, 1986
· “Respiratory Therapy In Louisiana - A Survey” conducted for the Louisiana Society for Respiratory Therapy, April 1984. Second Place Award, Scientific Papers, Tri-State Respiratory Therapy Conference, Biloxi, MS, August 1, 1985.
· “Development of a Neonatal Transport System - One Hospital’s Experience” (Co-author: Dennis Wissing, RRT), Presented at Tri-State Respiratory Therapy Conference, Biloxi, MS, 1983. First Place Award, Scientific Papers
Teaching/Staff Development
· Faculty member, National Healing Institute "Principles of Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine", conducted monthly at Ohio State University, 2007-2008
· “Inspecting Cylindrical Hyperbaric Chamber Windows”, Faculty Member, Inspection, Maintenance, and Documentation of Hyperbaric Chamber Acrylics Course, Orlando, FL, June 25, 2006, San Antonio, TX, 2007-08 (4 courses)
· Program developer and lead instructor for Medical Multiplex, Inc.’s “Hyperbaric Medicine Introductory Course” (NBDHMT-recognized, 2002) and “Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine” course (CME program through UHMS, 2003).
· Lecturer “Critical Care in the Monoplace Chamber” for International ATMO, Inc., San Antonio, TX Hyperbaric Medicine Team Training course (2000-05).
· Developer and lead instructor for Hyperbaric Oxygen Inc./TotalWound Treatment Center’s “Introduction to Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine” course (NBDHMT-recognized): 1995 - 2000.
· Lecturer on operation of the Sechrist 2500/3200 series chambers and 500A ventilator as part of a 40 – hour physician/nurse/technologist training course co-conducted by UTMB/Galveston and Dr. Jeff Stone. July 1998
· Produced and delivered a 1 hour CEU teleconference program for respiratory therapists across the US provided by the University of Texas Teleconference Network. 1998
· Provider of specialty training for HOI/TWTC – focus on Sechrist 500A hyperbaric ventilator. 1992 – 2000
· Developed and implemented training program for users of Reneau hyperbaric chambers 1987 - 92
· Clinical Evaluator, California College for Health Sciences, 1984
· Instructor for approx. 20 Advanced Cardiac Life Support Courses throughout Louisiana 79 - 86
· ACLS course coordinator, St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, 1983
· Assistant Instructor, 2 EMT courses, Minden, LA, 1978 - 79
· Taught Aspects of CPR, Advanced Life Support, and Respiratory Therapy to medical and nursing students at National Hospital San Felipe, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Feb. 1979
· Instructor for 10 CPR Instructor courses 1977 - 82
· Primary or assistant instructor for numerous in-house and public CPR courses, 1977 - 87
· Initial concept, major development and primary instructor of Alexandria Vo-Tech Institute’s first Respiratory Care Assistant Program, 1982
Special Projects
· Website development/webmaster:
· Initial concept, primary designer and construction coordinator for St. Frances Cabrini Hospital’s Infant Special Care Center Infant Transport Vehicle, 1981-82
· Developed and initiated the Regional Hyperbaric Center for St. Patrick Hospital, 1986
SUMMARY OF SPECIALTY EXPERIENCE
· 36 Years Progressive Management Experience
o 9 Years Critical Care and Specialty Areas (7 ½ Adult ICU, 1 ½ in Neonatal ICU)
o 24 Years Hyperbaric (3 years clinical, 21 years management/marketing/development/education/consulting)
· Involved in formal/informal educational programs
o Developed innovative approaches to delivery of specialized health care services
References
Upon request.