Contact us:
Dick Clarke, CHT; Editor
Dick.Clarke@PalmettoHealth.org
Dick founded NBS in 1986. His previous background included service in the British Royal Navy, diving instructor and underwater photographer, assistant director of the seabed habitat 'HydroLab' and several years in the offshore commercial diving industry. Dick heads the Baromedical Research Foundation where he serves as Principal Investigator for several international clinical trials. He is course director for 'Primary Training in Hyperbaric Medicine' and the 'HBO 2000' series of advanced hyperbaric symposia. Dick has been a NOAA Diving Medical Officer Training Course faculty member since 1983. He pioneered the Certification in Hyperbaric Technology (CHT) program, is a past president of the National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology and remains active at the committee level within the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.
Stacy Handley, BSN, ACHRN, CWCN, CHT; Associate Editor
On behalf of MedEdOnline Stacy seeks out educational and informational opportunities to incorporate into the site. She works with our web program development team to ensure quick and seamless uploading of new materials, and the editing and updating of existing information. Stacy undertakes these responsibilities in conjunction with her ‘day job’, which is National Baromedical Services’ Vice President . Stacy assumed her director position, following several years as nurse manager of the NBS hyperbaric medicine service at Memorial Hospital, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Stacy overseas the patient care aspects of the NBS network, conducts quality assurance and compliance assessments, and preceptors all new NBS nurse managers. Additional responsibilities include marketing and promotion of NBS service lines and generation of monthly safety notices. Stacy is Member at Large for the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Associates and a board member for the Baromedical Nurses Association. She has trained as a Hyperbaric Safety Director and a UHMS faculty accreditation surveyor, and is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina ‘Wound Care Specialty Course’ through which she obtained her wound care certification.
