CMS Staff &
Faculty
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Dr. Rafael Diaz,
MD is a Medical Director, and resident physician, for
the Cornerstone Medical Services and the EMT, DMT, and
Remote
Medic Programs.
Besides a general
practitioner, Dr. Diaz has provided treatments for
thousands of serious diver injuries in the 15 years he
has been on the staff of CMS. He completed his medical
training in 1990 at the Medical College of Honduras,
Tegucigalpa. Dr. Diaz has also studied diving medicine
on "El CRIS, Barcelona, Spain with Dr. Desolaa. He is
also a PADI Diving Instructor.
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Dr.
Fermin Lopez,
MD is also a resident physician and Medical Director for
Cornerstone.
A
graduate of the Medical College of Honduras,
Tegucigalpa, he is a general practitioner with a
background in Surgery. Dr. Lopez is also the
Director of the Honduran Red Cross of the Bay Islands.
Dr. Lopez has been with the Cornerstone Clinic and
Chamber for the past 11 years. He has also been
involved in the treatment of thousands of diving related
injuries. Most of these injuries are Type II DCS and
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Dr.
Paul Gale,
MD is also a resident physician and Medical Director for
Cornerstone.
A
graduate of the Medical College of Honduras,
Tegucigalpa, he is a general practitioner with a
background in Pediatrics. He is one of the
primary assist instructors in the DMT program. Dr. Gale is also
a minister in the Bay Islands.
Dr. Gale has been with the Cornerstone Clinic and
Chamber for the past 6 years. He has also been
involved in the treatment of thousands of diving related
injuries. Most of these injuries are Type II DCS and
severe barotrauma. |
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Dr.
Delia,
our most recent member of the Cornerstone team has sadly
passed away, Monday August 3, 2009. She was a wonderful
and lovely person who will be sorely missed by all those
who had the privilege of having her touch their lives. |
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Commander Ronald Ellerman,
is a CMS staff Diver Medical Technician and Medical
Instructor. He has over 32 years of service as a
professional firefighter with extensive field, and
teaching experience in EMS, Special Operations, Rescue,
commercial and public safety diving. He holds
certifications as an Advanced DMT Instructor, Wisconsin EMT Instructor/Coordinator,
an NREMT Examiner, an Advanced PreHospital Trauma Life
Support Instructor, AHA CPR Instructor Trainer,
Pediatric
Education for Prehospital Professionals Coordinator,
and Fire Service Instructor. He is also certified
as a PADI Master, Inland Commercial, Public Safety, and
Mixed Gas Diver. Commander Ellerman has been affiliated with CMS for
over 13 years. |
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Hyperbaric
Chamber Facilities
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The Cornerstone Clinic and Chamber is located on the
grounds of Anthony’s Key Resort.
The Clinic is equipped with a 52" multi-lock chamber,
which is utilized to treat patients and to provide
practical chamber operations experience to DMT students. |
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Quite often, the Cornerstone Chamber is used to treat as
many as 4 injured divers at a time, utilizing both the
inner and outer locks. Chamber operations are conducted
around the clock if necessary. This is a 24 / 7
operation.
A new Clinic and Chamber building has been
completed on the grounds of Anthony's Key Resort. |
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Classrooms
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The didactic portion of
the DMT program is conducted in the new classroom
facility on the grounds of
Anthony's Key Resort.
These classrooms are air conditioned and equipped
with the latest audio/visual technology.
A full inventory of advanced training manikins
for the EMT, DMT, and RMT Programs are maintained at the
school.
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Students will use the most modern equipment
and training manikins during their training at
Cornerstone Medical Services including adult, child, and
infant CPR manikins, Defibrillation / Intubation
Manikins with full EKG computers, Childbirth manikins, Pneumothorax manikins, Needle Crycothyrotomy manikins,
IV arms, IO manikins, Suture arm and leg manikins, Foley Catheter
manikins, anatomical models, and all equipment currently
available on a standard ALS ambulance.
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Contact
Hyperbaric Training Associates
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