1 President, European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM); Professor of Medicine, Service d'Urgences Respiratoires, de Réanimation Médicale et de Médecine Hyperbare, Calmette Hospital, Lille, France.
2 Vice-President, ECHM; DAN Europe Research Division, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy.
3 Secretary General, ECHM.
4 Head of National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine Medical University of Gdansk Powstania Styczniowego 9B 81-519 Gdynia , Poland, Phone: +48-(0)58-699-8632, E-mail: jkot@gumed.edu.pl.