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TheRoyal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine (RANSUM) is aninstructor-led training course based atSydney, Australia.
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Before 1961 medical support at the diving section ofHMASWatson was provided by the District Medical Officer, SurgeonLieutenant Commander Shane A.C. Watson, whose interest in diving led to research in injuries related to marine animals.[1] Medical Director-General of the Royal Australian Navy, SurgeonRear Admiral Lionel Lockwood, recognized the need for aspecialisation indiving medicine and appointed Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Rex Gray to service in Underwater Medicine. Dr. Gray was ananaesthesiologist and accepted this commission on 20 February 1961.[1]
Dr. Gray was trained as adiver and sent to England for seven months to learn about modern diving medicine. He visited the Royal Naval Medical School atAlverstoke, the R.N. Physiological Laboratory, theSubmarine Training School atHMS Dolphin, Diving SchoolHMSVernon, and the RN Air Medical School at Seafield Park.[1] Following his time in England, he travelled to the United States, where he spent two weeks each in theExperimental Diving Unit, Washington Navy Yard, and with theMedical Research Laboratory, Submarine Base,New London, Connecticut, returning to Australia in July, 1962, aboardHMASSupply.[1]
The first School of Underwater Medicine Report was issued in 1963 and outlined the need for communication with organizations with similar interests such ascarbon monoxide poisoning andrecompression chambers.[1] The first eight-day Underwater Medicine course was held in May 1963, presented by Surgeon Lieutenant Commander A.A. Reid, and was followed by a thirteen-day course by Surgeon Lieutenant Commander B.M. Wadham, in June 1963.[1]
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